事始め

ことはじめ

taking up a new line of work, the beginning of things

仕事納め

しごとおさめ

last business day of the year (usu. December 28)

仕事

しごと

work

始め

はじめ

beginning, start, outset, opening

仕事を辞める

しごとをやめる

to quit one's job, to resign

仕事人

しごとにん

professional, person good at a particular job, person who does their job without mistakes

出仕事

でしごと しゅっしごと

outside work

力仕事

ちからしごと

physical work, manual labour (labor)

藁仕事

わらしごと

making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)

仕事柄

しごとがら

for work, work-related

夜仕事

よしごと よるしごと

night work

仕事台

しごとだい

workbench, work table

大仕事

おおしごと

big job, great task

仕事場

しごとば

place where one works, construction site, working area

仕事着

しごとぎ

work clothes, business suit

仕事量

しごとりょう

(one's) workload, amount of work (to be) done by one

仕事中

しごとちゅう

at work, in the midst of work, working

骨仕事

ほねしごと

backbreaking work

水仕事

みずしごと

scrubbing and washing, kitchen work