What does シフト mean?
シフト is a Japanese noun meaning “shift; move” in English. It can also be translated as “gearshift” depending on context. It is written as シフト in hiragana, and shifuto in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentences
労働集約・資本集約を超えて、時代はナレッジ・インテンシブへと大きくシフトしている。
Surpassing labour intensive, capital intensive, the age has shifted greatly to knowledge intensive.
由紀子ちゃんは、明日以降、火木金のシフトで出勤してくれればいいから。
It's OK if Yukiko can do the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday shifts from tomorrow.