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).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しごと [shìgótó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɡo̞to̞]

Noun

仕(し)事(ごと) • (shigoto) 

  1. a job; an occupation; work
    仕(し)事(ごと)を辞(や)めたい。
    Shigoto o yametai.
    I want to quit my job.
  2. job, work (task)
    いい仕(し)事(ごと)をする
    ii shigoto o suru
    to do a good job
    • 2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)一(いち)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)”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)), 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, change of energy
    仕(し)事(ごと)は最(さい)後(ご)な動(どう)力(りょく)引(ひ)く最(さい)初(しょ)の動(どう)力(りょく)から見(み)付(つ)かれる。
    Shigoto wa saigo na dōryoku hiku saisho no dōryoku kara mitsukareru.
    Work is found by subtracting the final energy by the initial energy.

Derived terms

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

References

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

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
仕 事
し
Grade: 3
くとぅ > ぐとぅ
Grade: 3

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 仕事 (shigoto).

Noun

仕(し)事(ぐとぅ) (shigutu) 

  1. a job; an occupation; work
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