Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English shift.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

シフト (shifuto

  1. a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude)
  2. shifting, changing gear on a car
  3. a shift (change of workers)
    • 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(さん)(びゃく)(さん)(じゅう)(しち)(くん) だいじょぶだ〰”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)), volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      そうですね じゃあ…()(もく)(ひめ)‼ (げつ)()(すい)(もく)(きん)()(にち)(わたし)というシフトにしましょうか‼
      Sō desu ne Jā… ka-moku ga hime‼ Getsu-ka-sui-moku-kin-do-nichi ga watashi to iu shifuto ni shimashō ka‼
      Well, sure. Then… it’s Tuesday and Wednesday for the princess!! And I’ll be taking the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts!!
      なんでお(まえ)(かい)(きん)なんだよ‼
      Nan de omae ga kaikin nan da yo‼
      Why would you be here every day!?

Verb edit

シフトする (shifuto surusuru (stem シフト (shifutosuru shi), past シフトした (shifutosuru shita))

  1. shift, change position etc.
  2. shift, change gear

Conjugation edit