A1 Collocation 中性 1分钟阅读

忙しい仕事

isogashii shigoto

Busy work

开始练习

Phrase in 30 Seconds

Use {忙しい仕事|いそがしいしごと} to describe tasks that demand significant time and effort.

  • Means: A job or task that keeps you very busy.
  • Used in: Office settings, casual chats about your day, or explaining your schedule.
  • Don't confuse: 'Busy work' (meaning trivial tasks) with '忙しい仕事' (meaning a demanding job).
Clock + Stack of papers = 忙しい仕事

适合你水平的解释：

This phrase means you have a lot of work to do. It is very useful for daily life.
Use this phrase to describe a job that requires much of your time. It is a common way to explain your schedule to others.
This collocation is essential for professional communication. It effectively conveys that your workload is high, which helps in setting boundaries or explaining your current availability.
In a professional context, this phrase serves as a polite buffer. It indicates that your professional obligations are significant, allowing you to manage expectations regarding your time and output.
The phrase functions as a sociolinguistic tool to signal professional status and commitment. It reflects the cultural value placed on diligence and the 'busy' aesthetic in Japanese corporate environments.
From a cognitive linguistics perspective, this collocation maps the domain of 'time' onto 'work'. It is a quintessential example of how Japanese speakers encode the intensity of labor through simple, high-frequency adjective-noun pairings.

意思

Work that requires a lot of time and effort.

🌍

文化背景

Being busy is often a sign of success.

💡

Use it often

It's a very natural phrase.

💡

Use it often

It's a very natural phrase.

自我测试

Choose the correct form.

Which is correct?

✓ 正确！ ✗ 不太对。 正确答案： 忙しい仕事

Adjectives modify nouns directly.

🎉 得分： /1

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✓ 正确！ ✗ 不太对。 正确答案： 忙しい仕事

Adjectives modify nouns directly.

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常见问题

1 个问题

No, it's very neutral.

相关表达

🔗

残業

similar

Overtime

在哪里用

📅

Declining an invite

Friend: Let's go out!

You: Sorry, I have a busy job today.

neutral

记住它

记忆技巧

Imagine a busy bee (isogashii) working on a job (shigoto).

视觉联想

A person surrounded by stacks of paper with a clock ticking loudly.

Story

Ken has a busy job. He works all day. He says, 'I have a busy job.'

In Other Languages

Similar to 'busy work' in English, though the connotation differs.

Word Web

仕事忙しい残業大変会社プロジェクト

挑战

Use the phrase in three different sentences today.

Review in 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days.

发音

Stress Flat pitch accent.

Standard Japanese pronunciation.

正式程度

正式
忙しい仕事をしております。

忙しい仕事をしております。 (Work life)

中性
忙しい仕事をしています。

忙しい仕事をしています。 (Work life)

非正式
忙しい仕事してるよ。

忙しい仕事してるよ。 (Work life)

俚语
仕事、超忙しい。

仕事、超忙しい。 (Work life)

Derived from 'isogashii' (busy) and 'shigoto' (work).

Meiji:

趣味小知识

The kanji for busy (忙) is 'heart' + 'lost'.

文化笔记

Being busy is often a sign of success.

“忙しい仕事はいいことだ。”

对话开场白

“

最近、忙しい仕事ですか？

常见错误

✗

忙しいな仕事

✓

忙しい仕事

wrong conjugation
Adjectives do not take 'na' before nouns.

L1 Interference

0 1

In Other Languages

Spanish Very Similar

Trabajo ocupado

Japanese focuses on the job itself being busy.

French moderate

Travail chargé

Japanese uses the adjective for 'busy' directly.

German Partially Similar

Viel zu tun

Japanese is more noun-focused.

Japanese Very Similar

忙しい仕事

N/A

Arabic moderate

عمل مشغول

Japanese applies 'isogashii' to the work itself.

Spotted in the Real World

📱

(2023)

“今日も忙しい仕事だった。”

End of day post.

容易混淆

忙しい仕事 对比 忙しい人

Confusing 'busy job' with 'busy person'.

Check the noun.

常见问题 (1)

No, it's very neutral.

usage contexts

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