JapanLingo

作業さぎょう

sagyou

work / task

N3

How to remember this word

作業 is hands-on task time — the doing itself, not the planning. 作業中 on a status means “heads down, working on it.”

Example sentences

Example 1

gogo wa souko de sagyou shimasu.

In the afternoon I will work in the warehouse.

Example 2

sagyou o shinagara ongaku o kiku hito mo imasu.

Some people listen to music while they work.