Word details

本職

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 本職.

Dictionary

Entry

本職んしょくFreq #14471
1

Common noun

principal occupation; main job

2

Common noun

professional; an expert; specialist

Examples
ギターでカントリー・ウエスタンを弾くのは本職のミュージシャンならごくたやすいことだ。
Playing country-western music on guitar is real kid stuff to a true professional.
3

Pronoun

I (of a government official, etc.); me

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

5 strokesFrequency 10JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ホン

Kun

もと

Nanori

まとごう

post, employment, work

18 strokesFrequency 305JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ショクソク

Nanori

もと

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