業務上(ぎょうむじょう)

ぎょうむじょう
noun
professional; occupational; work-related
1. professional; occupational; in the course of duties
A formal compound noun that prefixes other nouns to mark something as occurring in or arising from the course of one's professional duties. Frequent in legal, news, and business contexts.
業務上(ぎょうむじょう)の過失(かしつ)が認(みと)められた。
Professional negligence was recognized.
業務上(ぎょうむじょう)知(し)り得(え)た情報(じょうほう)は他言(たごん)してはいけない。
You must not disclose information learned in the course of your duties.
彼(かれ)は業務上(ぎょうむじょう)横領(おうりょう)の疑(うたが)いで逮捕(たいほ)された。
He was arrested on suspicion of professional embezzlement.

Compound of 業務(ぎょうむ) (business duties) + 上(じょう) (in the course of, regarding). Used to qualify an act or fact as work-related, often in legal terminology for offenses or duties tied to one's occupation.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 業務上(ぎょうむじょう)過失(かしつ): professional negligence
  • 業務上(ぎょうむじょう)横領(おうりょう): occupational embezzlement
  • 業務上(ぎょうむじょう)の秘密(ひみつ): professional/work secrets
  • 業務上(ぎょうむじょう)の必要(ひつよう): business necessity
  • 業務上(ぎょうむじょう)災害(さいがい): occupational accident

USAGE:
Attaches directly before another noun, or with の when modifying another noun more loosely. Belongs to formal written register; in casual speech, 仕事(しごと)で or 仕事上(しごとじょう) is preferred.

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