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    3. 内職

    内職

    内ない職しょく

    side job (outside of one's main employment)

    KMT9News #32+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveWork & CareerKanji Vocab22 strokes

    ないしょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    side job (outside of one's main employment), side gig, side hustle
    2.
    homeworking, simple job carried out at home, home industry
    3.
    (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
    colloquial

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    彼かの女じょは家いえで内ない職しょくをしています。

    She is doing homework (a side job at home).

    KMT5Work & CareerDaily LifeHome & Housing
    収しゅう入にゅうを増ふやすために、週しゅう末まつに内ない職しょくを始はじめた。

    I started a side job on weekends to increase my income.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life
    会かい社しゃの規き則そくでは内ない職しょくが禁きん止しされているため、彼かれは秘ひ密みつ裏りに行おこなっていた。

    Since side jobs are prohibited by company rules, he was doing it secretly.

    KMT9Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    育いく児じ中ちゅうの主しゅ婦ふが、自じ宅たくでできる内ない職しょくを探さがしている。

    A housewife raising children is looking for a side job that can be done at home.

    KMT9Work & CareerFamily & RelationshipsHome & Housing
    授じゅ業ぎょう中ちゅうに内ない職しょくをしていて、先せん生せいに注ちゅう意いされた。

    I was doing something unrelated during class and was warned by the teacher.

    KMT9EducationWork & CareerDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    内
    うち…(6)
    inside・within・between・among・house…(1)
    職
    post・employment・work
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