(しゅっきん)

しゅっきん
noun/suru-verb
going to work
1. going to work; attendance at work
going to work; attendance at work
毎朝(まいあさ)8()出勤(しゅっきん)する。
I go to work at 8 every morning.
今日(きょう)出勤(しゅっきん)()ですか?
Is today a workday?
電車(でんしゃ)(おく)れて出勤(しゅっきん)()()わなかった。
The train was delayed and I couldn't make it to work on time.

出勤(しゅっきん) means going to work or reporting for duty. As a suru-verb, it means "to go to work", "to report for work".

Common compounds:

  • 出勤(しゅっきん)時間(じかん) (time of going to work)
  • 出勤(しゅっきん)() (workday)
  • 出勤(しゅっきん)ラッシュ (rush hour for commuting to work)
  • 時差(じさ)出勤(しゅっきん) (staggered working hours)

Antonym: 退勤(たいきん) (leaving work)

Related terms:

  • 通勤(つうきん) (commuting)
  • 欠勤(けっきん) (absence from work)