就業する

• 読み: しゅうぎょうする
• ローマ字: shuugyou suru
• 漢字の分解: 就 (shū) — take up, engage in; 業 (gyō) — business, work, profession
• 発音: /ɕɯː.gjoː.sɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To work; to be employed; to engage in work. Refers to the state or act of being in employment.

A Group 3 (suru) verb. 就業 is a formal term for being employed or engaging in work, used more in official and statistical contexts than in everyday conversation. Common in compound words like 就業時間 (working hours), 就業率 (employment rate), and 就業規則 (work regulations). More formal than 働く (hataraku).

例文

1. 就業時間は午前9時から午後6時までです。
2. 卒業後すぐに就業する学生が増えている。
3. この地域の就業人口は年々減少している。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, statistics, government

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 就 (shū, take up/engage in) + 業 (gyō, work/business). Literally 'engaging in work' — 就 implies actively entering into or undertaking something.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional