就役

• (Tokyo) しゅうえき [shùúékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨːe̞kʲi]

就(しゅう)役(えき) • (shūeki) ^{←しうえき (siueki)?}

1. assuming one's duties, going on duty

   Synonym: 就業 (shūgyō)

2. (of a ship) going into commission
3. (of a prisoner) serving a prison sentence; doing penal labor

   Synonym: 服役 (fukueki)

   • 1911, 堺利彦, 獄中生活‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     そして各(かく)囚(しゅう)人(じん)にはそれぞれ定(さだ)まった課(か)程(てい)があって、それだけの仕(し)事(ごと)は是(ぜ)非(ひ)させられることになっている。就(しゅう)役(えき)中(ちゅう)は話(はなし)もできず、休(やす)むこともできず、便(べん)所(じょ)に行(い)きたい時(とき)には手(て)を挙(あ)げて許(きょ)可(か)を請(こ)うのだそうな […]

     Soshite kaku-shūjin ni wa sorezore sadamatta katei ga atte, sore dake no shigoto wa zehi saserareru koto ni natte iru. Shūeki-chū wa hanashi mo dekizu, yasumu koto mo dekizu, benjo ni ikitai toki ni wa te o agete kyoka o kou no da sō na […]

     And each prisoner has a specified duty and is forced to do at least that job no matter what. I hear that while doing labor, the prisoners may not talk or rest, and when they want to go the bathroom they raise their hand and ask for permission […]

就(しゅう)役(えき)する • (shūeki suru) ^{←しうえき (siueki)?}intransitive suru (stem 就(しゅう)役(えき)し (shūeki shi), past 就(しゅう)役(えき)した (shūeki shita))

1. to assume one's duties, to go on duty

   Synonym: 就業する (shūgyō suru)

2. (of a ship) to go into commission
3. (of a prisoner) to serve a prison sentence; to do penal labor

   Synonym: 服役する (fukueki suru)

• “就役”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026