専業

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 専業 is read as せんぎょう and is a noun for making one occupation one’s full-time or primary line of work.
• Basic usage: Taking up farming full time appears in 農業を専業にする, while living as a full-time translator appears in 専業の翻訳家として暮らす.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Making it full-time and modifying a job
  • Use 専業にする for making an occupation full-time and 専業の to modify a full-time profession.
• Difference from 兼業
  • Unlike concurrent employment, this word makes one occupation the primary livelihood.