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Work: vocabulary drill

会社員kaishain · company employee先生sensei · teacher医者isha · doctor看護師kangoshi · nurseエンジニアenjinia · engineer店員ten’in · shop assistant公務員kōmuin · civil servant弁護士bengoshi · lawyer
The first eight words of this drill. The full list and the quiz are below.

Short answer: 18 words from the work guide. Study the list first, pressing each word to hear it, then take the quiz: each word appears with its reading, and you choose the English meaning.

Study the words

Press a word to hear it. Say it aloud before moving on.

Quiz yourself

Choose the meaning, then press Next. The reading in romaji appears after you answer.

Word 1 of 18 · 0 correct会社員かいしゃいん
Choose the meaning.

The words in sentences

From the topic guide, glossed word by word.

お仕事おしごとoshigotoyour workはwa(topic)何なんnanwhatですかdesu kais?
Oshigoto wa nan desu ka.“What do you do?”Why: お makes 仕事 polite: “your work”.
ITアイティーaitīITのno(link)会社かいしゃkaishacompanyでdeat働いていますはたらいていますhataraite imasuam working
Aitī no kaisha de hataraite imasu.“I work at an IT company.”Why: で for the workplace; ている for ongoing work.

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