仕事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕	事
し Grade: 3 (ateji)	こと > ごと Grade: 3
kan'on	kun'yomi

Etymology

From し (shi, “doing”, continuative form of する (suru, “to do”)) +‎ 事 (koto, “thing; stuff”). The koto reading for 事 changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁). 仕 is ateji (当て字).

Noun

仕(し)事(ごと) • (shigoto) 

1. a job; an occupation; work

   仕事(しごと)を辞(や)めたい。

   Shigoto o yametai.

   I want to quit my job.

2. job, work (task)

   いい仕事(しごと)をする

   ii shigoto o suru

   to do a good job

   • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三百三十一訓(くん)　社(し)会(ごと)見(けん)学(がく)は大人(おとな)にとっても学(まな)ぶ事(こと)の多(おお)い場(ば) [Lesson 331: Field Trips Are Often Learning Experiences Even for Adults]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     えー　このように　私(わたし)達(たち)の仕(し)事(ごと)はまずうまくいく事(こと)はありません　それでもめげない諦(あきら)めない明日(あした)を信(しん)じてつきまとう　それがストーカーという職(しょく)業(ぎょう)です

     Ē kono yō ni Watashitachi no shigoto wa mazu umaku iku koto wa arimasen Sore demo mege nai akirame nai ashita o shinjite tsukimatō Sore ga sutōkā to iu shokugyō desu

     Well, it’s sort of like this. Our job isn’t something that starts off really well. Even so, we never stay down and we always believe in tomorrow. That’s the credo of us career stalkers.

     それ仕(し)事(ごと)じゃねェェェェェェェェ‼

     Sore shigoto ja neeeeeeeee‼

     That’s not a joooooooob‼

3. (physics) work

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 仕(し)事(ごと)運(うん) (shigotōn, “fate as concerns business”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)柄(がら) (shigotogara, “for work, work-related”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)着(ぎ) (shigotogi, “work clothes, business suit”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)口(ぐち) (shigotoguchi, “work opening, work position”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)師(し) (shigotoshi, “workman, enterpriser, schemer”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)台(だい) (shigotodai, “workbench, work table”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)中(ちゅう) (shigotochū, “at work, working”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)場(ば) (shigotoba, “place where one works”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)箱(ばこ) (shigotobako, “workbox”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)日(び) (shigotobi, “work day”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)量(りょう) (shigotoryō, “workload, amount of work done by one”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)探(さが)し (shigotosagashi, “job hunting, job searching”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)始(はじ)め, 仕(し)事(ごと)始(はじめ) (shigotohajime, “resuming work after New Year's vacation”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)振(ぶ)り, 仕(し)事(ごと)ぶり (shigotoburi, “the way one works”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)の鬼(おに) (shigoto no oni, “work fiend, devil for work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)の虫(むし) (shigoto no mushi, “workaholic”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)一(いち)途(ず) (shigoto ichizu, “singlemindedly devoted to work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)中(ちゅう)毒(どく) (shigoto chūdoku, “workaholism”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)人(にん)間(げん) (shigoto ningen, “fiend for work, workaholic”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)一(ひと)筋(すじ) (shigoto hitosuji, “living only for work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)部(べ)屋(や) (shigotobeya, “workroom”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)中(ちゅう)毒(どく)者(しゃ) (shigoto chūdokusha, “workaholic”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)第(だい)一(いち)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (shigoto daiichi shugi, “workaholism”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)で忙(いそが)しい (shigoto de isogashii, “busy with work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)に勤(いそ)しむ (shigoto ni isoshimu, “be assiduous in business”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)に掛(か)かる, 仕(し)事(ごと)にかかる (shigoto ni kakaru, “get to work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)に堪(た)える (shigoto ni taeru, “be fit for work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)を上(あ)げる (shigoto o ageru, “finish the work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)を済(す)ます (shigoto o sumasu, “finish work”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)を辞(や)める, 仕(し)事(ごと)をやめる (shigoto o yameru, “quit a job, resign”)
• 仕(し)事(ごと)に応(おう)募(ば)する (shigoto ni ōba suru, “apply for a job”)
• 荒(あら)仕(し)事(ごと) (arashigoto, “rough work, hard work”)
• 大(おお)仕(し)事(ごと) (ōshigoto, “big job, great task”)
• 下(した)仕(し)事(ごと) (shitashigoto, “spade work, subcontract”)
• 力(ちから)仕(し)事(ごと) (chikarashigoto, “physical work, manual labour”)
• 賃(ちん)仕(し)事(ごと) (chinshigoto, “piecework”)
• 手(て)仕(し)事(ごと) (teshigoto, “handwork, manual labor”)
• 出(で)仕(し)事(ごと) (deshigoto, “outside work”)
• 庭(にわ)仕(し)事(ごと) (niwashigoto, “gardening”)
• 畑(はた)仕(し)事(ごと) (hatashigoto, “working in the fields, work on a farm”)
• 針(はり)仕(し)事(ごと) (harishigoto, “needlework, sewing”)
• 一(ひと)仕(し)事(ごと) (hitoshigoto, “task”)
• 骨(ほね)仕(し)事(ごと) (honeshigoto, “backbreaking work”)
• 水(みず)仕(し)事(ごと) (mizushigoto, “scrubbing and washing, kitchen work”)
• 夜(よ)仕(し)事(ごと) (yoshigoto, “night work”)
• 藁(わら)仕(し)事(ごと) (warashigoto, “making things out of straw”)
• 旨(うま)い仕(し)事(ごと) (umai shigoto, “profitable business”)
• 課(か)の仕(し)事(ごと) (ka no shigoto, “job of a section”)
• 隠(いん)居(きょう)仕(し)事(ごと) (inkyō shigoto, “post-retirement job”)
• 請(うけ)負(おい)仕(し)事(ごと) (ukeoi shigoto, “contract work”)
• 腰(こし)掛(かけ)仕(し)事(ごと), 腰(こし)掛(か)け仕(し)事(ごと) (koshikake shigoto, “temporary employment”)
• 根(こん)気(き)仕(し)事(ごと) (konki shigoto, “laborious task”)
• 書(しょ)類(るい)仕(し)事(ごと) (shorui shigoto, “paperwork”)
• 手(て)間(ま)仕(し)事(ごと) (tema shigoto, “tedious job, troublesome job”)
• 殿(との)様(さま)仕(し)事(ごと) (tonosama shigoto, “amateur work”)
• 道(どう)楽(らく)仕(し)事(ごと) (dōraku shigoto, “work done for enjoyment”)
• 野(の)良(ら)仕(し)事(ごと) (nora shigoto, “farm work, field labor”)
• 半(はん)端(ぴ)仕(し)事(ごと) (hanpi shigoto, “odd job”)
• 役(やく)所(しょ)仕(し)事(ごと) (yakusho shigoto, “red tape”)
• お役(やく)所(しょ)仕(し)事(ごと), 御(お)役(やく)所(しょ)仕(し)事(ごと) (oyakusho shigoto, “bureaucratic routine”)
• 片(かた)手(て)間(ま)仕(し)事(ごと) (katatema shigoto, “side job, odd jobs”)
• 出(で)来(き)高(だか)仕(し)事(ごと) (dekidaka shigoto, “piecework”)
• 遣(や)っ付(つ)け仕(し)事(ごと), やっつけ仕(し)事(ごと) (yattsuke shigoto, “rush job”)
• 分(ぶ)の良(い)い仕(し)事(ごと) (bu no ii shigoto, “profitable job”)

Verb

仕(し)事(ごと)する • (shigoto suru) suru (stem 仕(し)事(ごと)し (shigoto shi), past 仕(し)事(ごと)した (shigoto shita))

1. to work

Conjugation

Conjugation of "仕事する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	仕事し	しごとし	shigoto shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	仕事し	しごとし	shigoto shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	仕事する	しごとする	shigoto suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	仕事する	しごとする	shigoto suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	仕事すれ	しごとすれ	shigoto sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	仕事せよ¹ 仕事しろ²	しごとせよ¹ しごとしろ²	shigoto seyo¹ shigoto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	仕事される	しごとされる	shigoto sareru
Causative	仕事させる 仕事さす	しごとさせる しごとさす	shigoto saseru shigoto sasu
Potential	仕事できる	しごとできる	shigoto dekiru
Volitional	仕事しよう	しごとしよう	shigoto shiyō
Negative	仕事しない	しごとしない	shigoto shinai
Negative continuative	仕事せず	しごとせず	shigoto sezu
Formal	仕事します	しごとします	shigoto shimasu
Perfective	仕事した	しごとした	shigoto shita
Conjunctive	仕事して	しごとして	shigoto shite
Hypothetical conditional	仕事すれば	しごとすれば	shigoto sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.