- naishoku side job (outside of one's main employment), side gig, side hustle; homeworking, simple job carried out at home, home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
Used in formal or neutral contexts to refer to paid work done at home or a side job, often by women or students, or to working on unrelated matters during meetings.
彼女は家で内職をしている。
Kanojo wa ie de naishoku o shite iru.
She does side work at home.
会議中に内職をするのは失礼だ。
Kaigi-chuu ni naishoku o suru no wa shitsurei da.
It's rude to do side work during a meeting.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'arubaito' (part-time job), but 'naishoku' implies work done at home or on the side, often without leaving the house.
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