This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

仕事と遊びをごっちゃにするな。

Sentence Analyzer

仕事 遊び ごっちゃ する

English Translation

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Furigana

仕事(しごと)(あそ)びをごっちゃにするな。

Romanji

Shigoto to asobi o gotcha ni suru na.

Words

仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
遊び (あそび)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
ごちゃごちゃ (ごちゃごちゃ、ごっちゃ)
jumble; mix up; complaining about various things
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ユウ、 ユ、 あそ.ぶ、 あそ.ばす
Meaning: play