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お  しごと  は  なん  です  か  。
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お しごと は なん です か 。
(humble prefix) occupation (topic marker) what is (question marker) .
What do you do (for a living)?
Words
お
Most common form: 御
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: 御; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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し ご と 0
Most common form: 仕事
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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な ん 1
Most common form: 何
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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