day 71side jobs and transfers
unit 11 · work & businessside jobs and transfers
Talk about transfers, postings, allowances, partnerships and both partners working, and describe a second activity alongside your main one with ～かたわら.
today’s words
- 携わる たずさわる · to be involved in, work in
- 多忙 たぼう · very busy (formal)
- 妥結 だけつ · agreement (after negotiations)
- 仕える つかえる · to serve (a master, a lord)
- 司る つかさどる · to be in charge of, govern
- 勤め先 つとめさき · one's workplace, employer
- 手当 てあて · allowance (pay); treatment (of an injury)
- 提携 ていけい · tie-up, partnership
- 定年 ていねん · retirement age
- 手がける てがける · to handle, work on (with one's own hands)
- 手配 てはい · arrangements
- 手分け てわけ · dividing up the work
- 転勤 てんきん · transfer (to another city)
- 転任 てんにん · transfer to another post
- 共稼ぎ ともかせぎ · both partners earning
- 共働き ともばたらき · both partners working
- 任務 にんむ · duty, task, mission
- 任命 にんめい · appointment (to a post)
- 根回し ねまわし · laying the groundwork
- はかどる · to make good progress
- 派遣 はけん · dispatch; temporary staffing
- 班 はん · group, team, squad
- 判 はん · seal, stamp
- 控え室 ひかえしつ · waiting room (backstage, before a meeting)
- 率いる ひきいる · to lead (a group)
- 秘書 ひしょ · secretary
- 赴任 ふにん · going to take up a new post
sentences
- 彼女は、会社に勤めるかたわら、小説を書いている。 · She writes novels alongside her job at a company.
- 美紀さんは、看護師の仕事のかたわら、息子を育てている。 · Miki is bringing up her son alongside her work as a nurse.
- 父は、定年の後も、町の仕事に携わっている。 · Even after retiring, my father is still involved in work for the town.
- 祖母は、若い時、秘書として社長に仕えた。 · When she was young, my grandmother served a company president as his secretary.
- 会社と組合の交渉は、夜中に妥結した。 · The talks between the company and the union reached agreement in the middle of the night.