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    3. 宿直

    宿直

    宿しゅく直ちょく

    night watch

    KMT9News #29+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveWork & CareerKanji Vocab19 strokes

    しゅくちょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    night watch, night guard, night shift

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    病びょう院いんでは、医い師しが宿しゅく直ちょくをすることがよくあります。

    In hospitals, doctors often work night shifts.

    KMT7Work & CareerMedicine & Health
    今こん夜やは私わたしが宿しゅく直ちょくなので、何なにかあれば連れん絡らくしてください。

    I'm on night duty tonight, so please contact me if anything happens.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life
    宿しゅく直ちょく手て当あては、通つう常じょうの勤きん務む時じ間かん外がい労ろう働どうに対たいする追つい加か報ほう酬しゅうです。

    Night duty allowance is additional compensation for work performed outside regular working hours.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    宿しゅく直ちょく室しつには、仮か眠みんのためのベッドと簡かん単たんな設せつ備びが整ととのっています。

    The night duty room is equipped with a bed for napping and basic facilities.

    KMT9Work & CareerHome & Housing
    宿しゅく直ちょく勤きん務むは、緊きん急きゅう事じ態たいに備そなえるため、非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっています。

    Night duty plays a very important role in preparing for emergencies.

    KMT10Work & CareerMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    宿
    やど・やど.る・やど.す…(4)
    inn・lodging・relay station・dwell・lodge…(3)
    直
    ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)
    straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair
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