Illustration: At a public employment counselling desk in Japan, an adult sits opposite an adviser with a small box of belongings from their former workplace on their lap.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無む職しょく

mushoku

unemployed

Example sentences

  1. トムは当時とうじ無職むしょくだった。

    Tom was unemployed at the time.

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  2. トムは僕ぼくに無職むしょくだって言いってたよ。

    Tom told me he’s unemployed.

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  3. 無職むしょくなの？

    Are you out of work?

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Kanji in 無職

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 職post; employmentOnショク・ソク

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