How to Say “What do you do?” in Japanese

How do you say “What do you do?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

What do you do?

仕事何してるの?

 shigoto nanishiteruno*

*We often pronounce “してるの shiteruno” like “してんの shitenno” in spoken language.

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

仕事何されてるんですか?

 shigoto nanisareterundesuka

Pronunciation

“仕事 shigoto” means “work”.


仕事
work

(あなたは)何してるの?
what do (you) do


We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” in everday conversation.