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〜をしている: works as; does (a job or role)

N5 · 07 Using the te-form

Job + をしている: the ている of する, "be in the state of doing X", used for what someone does for a living or as a role.

店員をしています = I work as a shop clerk; 先生をしています = I am a teacher. Ask with お仕事は何をしていますか. With things worn on the face or body it means "wearing": めがねをしている. Same grammar as 〜ている (state), but fixed as a set phrase for occupations.

Examples

I work as a shop clerk.

My father is a teacher.

What do you do for work?

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