てんしょく

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[天職] vocation

【C】［通例 a/one's ～］ (神から与えられたと感じられ， 使命感をもって行なう)天職， 聖職

calling

【C】【U】《正式》天職， 職業

*mission

【U】【C】《正式》使命， 任務， 天職.

II

[転職] change of job ［occupation］ 【C】.

¶→転職する

天職
vocation
lifework
calling
天色
weather
sky colour
転職
change of occupation

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てんしょく【天職】

vocation

〖C〗［通例 a/one's ～］ (神から与えられたと感じられ， 使命感をもって行なう)天職， 聖職

calling

〖C〗〖U〗《正式》天職， 職業

*mission

〖U〗〖C〗《正式》使命， 任務， 天職.

II

てんしょく【転職】

change of job ［occupation］ 〖C〗.

¶ → 転職する

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てんしょく【天職】

a mission; a vocation; a calling; one's life's work [lifework].

●人おのおの天職がある. Everyone has her [his] own mission in life.

●医師を天職と思う feel one has a vocation for [calling to] medicine

・私はこの仕事を天職と信じている. I believe this work is what I have been called to do in this life.

・48 歳にして初めて彼は自分の天職と思える仕事に出会った. It was not until he was 48 that he discovered his true vocation.

●天職を尽くす fulfill one's life's mission

・彼は天職を見つけた. He has discovered his mission in life [true vocation].

●これが私の天職だ. This job is my calling.

・自分の天職は家庭にあると考える女性は減ってきている. Fewer women now think their natural place is in the home.

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てんしょく【転職】

〔職を変えること〕 a change of job [career]; a job [career] change [switch]; switching careers; a career move; (頻繁に) job hopping.

～する change one's job [career, profession, trade]; change jobs [careers]; take up alternative employment; switch [change] jobs; make a career move.

●教師から実業界に転職する give up teaching and go into business [for a business career]

・頻繁に転職する change [switch] jobs frequently; hop jobs; job-hop.

●転職を斡旋する outplace sb

・そろそろ転職を考えたほうがいいよ. It's about time you started to think of a career change.

転職斡旋 outplacement.

転職斡旋業者 an outplacer.

転職者 a new employee who has switched jobs; 〔頻繁に職を変える〕 a job-hopper; a (frequent) job-switcher.

転職情報誌 a job-transfer magazine.

転職率 the job transfer [job-changing] rate.

●大学卒業後 1 年以内の転職率 the rate of job-switching[-changing] within a year of graduation.