就職
しゅうしょく · shuushoku · JLPT N3 · noun
employment
💼 就職 = take up (就) + job/post (職): taking up a post
就 means to take up or settle into a position; 職 means job or duty, as in 職業 (occupation). Together: stepping into a job. Sound hook: shuushoku shares shoku with 職業 shokugyou, so shoku = job, and shuu = taking it up.
就 — 京 (capital) + 尤 (especially)
Originally a compound suggesting going to a high place (京 depicts a tall building) to settle or accomplish something. Over time the meaning shifted from 'approach a high place' to 'go to,' then broadened to 'accomplish,' and finally to the modern grammatical senses 'then,' 'just,' or 'precisely.'