Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “仕事の虫”

仕事の虫

しごとのむし

workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

Example sentence

You say he is a workaholic, but you know there are some people who feel happiest when they're working.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

仕

On: し;じ
Kun: つか.える
Stroke count: 5

・attend

・doing

・official

・serve

事

On: じ;ず
Kun: こと;つか.う;つか.える
Stroke count: 8

・matter

・thing

・fact

・business

・reason

・possibly

虫

On: ちゅう;き
Kun: むし
Stroke count: 6

・insect

・bug

・temper