就活

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Chinese

at once; then; right away
at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
 
to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
simp. and trad.
(就活)

Pronunciation


Verb

就活

  1. (regional, colloquial) to make do (with)
    就活就活就活不了就活 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Néng jiùhuo jiù jiùhuo, jiùhuo bùliǎo jiù béng jiùhuo.
    If you can make do with that then do so; if you can't then don't.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 6
かつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Short for 就職(しゅうしょく)活動(かつどう) (shūshoku katsudō).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しゅう)(かつ) (shūkatsuしうくわつ (siukwatu)?

  1. job hunting

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN