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名詞

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（＝生業）an occupation; a calling; a vocation; a business; a trade; a profession; professional pursuits; a walk of life; a means of livelihood

用例

• 職業に従事する
  to follow a profession―follow a calling―pursue an occupation

• 彼は何職業か
  What is his business?
  What is his profession?
  What profession does he follow?
• 職業は弁護士
  He is a lawyer by profession.
• 職業は大工
  He is a carpenter by trade.
• 職業は画家
  He is a painter by calling.
• あの人はきまった職業が無い
  He has no regular occupation.
• 彼はかたわら鑑定家の職業を兼ねている
  Besides he combines the vocation of virtuoso.
• 卒業生は種々の職業に従事している
  The graduates are in various walks of life.
• 職業に就く
  to take to an occupation―take up a calling―engage in a business―enter a profession―establish oneself in a profession
• 彼は職業に就いている
  He is established in a profession.
• この職業に就く者は試験を経なければならない
  Those who wish to enter this profession must pass an examination.
• 職業を覚える
  to learn a trade―study a profession
• 子どもに職業を仕込む
  to train a boy to some trade―bring up a boy to some trade―breed a boy to some profession―educate a boy for some profession
• 子どもに職業を仕込まない者は賊を養う
  He who does not bring up a boy to some trade, breeds a thief.
• 己が職業を恥じるものでない
  You should not be above your business.
• 職業を止める
  to abandon one's business―quarrel with one's bread and butter
• 職業に貴賤無し
  All legitimate occupations are honourable.
• 彼はこれを職業にしている
  He makes a business of it―makes a regular business of it.
• 詩を作るのは道楽には好いが職業にはならぬ
  Versifying is all very well as a source of pleasure, but one can not make a regular business of it.
• こっけいも職業となると楽じゃない
  Humour, as a means of livelihood, is no easy task.

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（＝仕事）employment

• この工場は幾千の細民に職業を与えている
  The factory gives employment to thousands of poor people.

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〈複合詞〉

用例

• 職業組合
  a guild

• 職業婦人
  a business woman
• （新聞の）職業案内
  advertisements for situations―wanted columns
• 職業紹介所
  an employment agency
  an intelligence office
• 職業別電話帳
  a telephone directory arranged according to occupation