work; a task or job that someone is supposed to do or has been assigned, work; a job (as one’s occupation)
マイケル・マイケルソンはほかの建築仕事を中断し、この計画に取りかかった。
Michael Michaelson put his other architectural work on hold and got started on this project.
でもあいつは仕事をサボってばっかりで―ほとんど働いてくれませんでした
But he was always slacking off and hardly did any work.
— Love Letter (1995)
We should take his lack of experience into account when evaluating his work.
二人は私のために素晴らしい仕事をしてくれていて、私は十分な報酬を払っていた。
The two of them were doing a great job for me, and I was paying them well.
コブさんがいない間あなたの通信事務の仕事をしてくれることになります。
They will handle your communications work while Kobu-san is away.
私は彼といっしょに仕事をしたくなかったが、なんとか我慢してやった。
I didn't want to work with him, but I somehow managed to put up with it and get the job done.
I could tell from just one look at his face that he had no motivation to work.
Could I count on you to give me some work?
You're slacking off at work and studying for yourself, aren't you?
— パディントン2 (2017)
I have to finish a lot of work today.
Unfortunately, I have to work tonight.
仕事をきちんとやらないことは、仕事を全然やらないことよりも悪いことがある。
Sometimes doing a job carelessly is worse than not doing it at all.
How did you get a job like that?
先週ウッドさんに手紙を書いて、農場で仕事をさせてくれるように頼んでおいたよ。
I wrote to Mr. Wood last week and asked him to let me work on his farm.
“帰国後”“カルテックとバークレーで仕事を”ローレンス博士?
“After returning to Japan, working at Caltech and Berkeley”—Dr. Lawrence?
— オッペンハイマー (2023)
“It’s not an accurate understanding of my life and work.”
— オッペンハイマー (2023)
I wonder if a prostitute can enjoy sex after quitting her job.
— アバウト・タイム ~愛おしい時間について~ (2013)
You need to work more.
Dryman, I'm glad you're working with directors like that.
— 善き人のためのソナタ (2006)
Have you ever considered quitting your job to take care of your children?
If you're not getting paid enough, you should quit your job.
— レザボア・ドッグス (1992)
When someone asks what I do for a living—it’s the same as saying, “I breathe and I’m alive.”
— アバウト・タイム ~愛おしい時間について~ (2013)
Should I spend the rest of my life atoning by doing the kind of work that person did?
— Departures (2008)
I’m taking the day off work, so we can spend the whole day together.
— 甘い生活 (1960)
A lot of dealers have lost their jobs over “blue magic.”
— アメリカン・ギャングスター (2007)