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JAPANESE VERB

しゅうしょく する

就職 する

to get a job

  • #322 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI get a job
NegativeI don’t get a job

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got a job
NegativeI didn’t get a job

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting a job, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting a job
Please (て ください)please get a job

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get a job
NegativeI can’t get a job

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get a job
NegativeI don’t want to get a job

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get a job

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I get a job
  2. If, when (たら) if I get a job

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) get a job (do it)
  2. Plain command get a job!
  3. Please don’t please don’t get a job

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten a job
CausativeI make someone get a job

How to use しゅうしょく する

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    むすめ は らいねん しゅうしょく します。

    My daughter starts work next year.

  2. Past

    あに は とうきょう の しょうしゃ に しゅうしょく した。

    My older brother got a job at a trading company in Tokyo.

  3. Te-form

    いもうと は もう しゅうしょく して います。

    My little sister already has a job.

  4. Potential

    この しかく が あれば、 すぐ しゅうしょく できます。

    With this qualification, you can get a job right away.

  5. Want to

    ゲーム の かいしゃ に しゅうしょく したい。

    I want to get a job at a game company.

  6. Volitional

    だいがくいん に いかないで、 しゅうしょく しよう。

    Instead of grad school, I'll get a job.

  7. Conditional

    おおさか で しゅうしょく したら、 ひっこさなければ ならない。

    If I get a job in Osaka, I'll have to move.

  8. Commands and requests

    はやく しゅうしょく しなさい と ちち に いわれた。

    My father told me to hurry up and get a job.

  9. Passive and causative

    りょうしん は わたし を むり に しゅうしょく させた。

    My parents forced me into a job.

Good to know

  • しゅうしょく する is to find a full-time job, usually after school; しゅうかつ is the job hunt itself.

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