(じんじ)

じんじ
noun
personnel, HR
1. personnel affairs, human resources
Matters related to hiring, firing, transfers, and management of employees.
Please contact the HR department.
There will be major personnel changes next month.
Do your best and leave the rest to fate. (proverb)
I work in the personnel department.
It's time for personnel evaluations.
I was transferred due to a personnel change.
I consulted with the HR person.
2. other people's affairs
Something that concerns others, not oneself (often in 他人事(ひとごと)).
It's not someone else's problem.
To speak as if it were someone else's problem.

人事(じんじ) primarily refers to personnel management or HR matters in a business context.

Common collocations:

  • 人事(じんじ)() (HR department, personnel department)
  • 人事(じんじ)異動(いどう) (personnel transfer, job reassignment)
  • 人事(じんじ)評価(ひょうか) (personnel evaluation)
  • 人事(じんじ)担当(たんとう) (HR person in charge)

Proverb:

  • 人事(じんじ)()くして天命(てんめい)()つ (Do your best and leave the rest to heaven/fate)

Note: 他人事(ひとごと/たにんごと) (other people's business, not one's concern) uses different readings.