Word Meaning 殉職

じゅんしょく junshoku

殉職 is read as じゅんしょく (junshoku) and means dying at one's post.

Meaning

English

  1. dying at one's post
  2. being killed in the line of duty

Reading

Kana

じゅんしょく

Romaji

junshoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 12734 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

殉職者

じゅんしょくしゃ

person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)

殉難

じゅんなん

martyrdom

殉教

じゅんきょう

martyrdom

就職

しゅうしょく

finding employment

名誉職

めいよしょく

honorary position

免職

めんしょく

dismissal

離職

りしょく

employment separation

兼職

けんしょく

concurrent position

東宮職

とうぐうしょく

Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince

内閣総辞職

ないかくそうじしょく

en masse resignation of the cabinet

上級管理職

じょうきゅうかんりしょく

upper management

集団就職

しゅうだんしゅうしょく

employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)

Example Sentences

3

そのけいかんはにんむちゅうにじゅんしょくした。

The police officer died in the line of duty.

おおくのしょうぼうしがじんめいきゅうじょでじゅんしょくしてきた。

Many firefighters have died while saving lives.

そのじけんでふたりのきしゃがじゅんしょくした。

In that incident, two reporters died in the line of duty.