9 to 5

Etymology
From the common western business hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Noun

 * 1) A day job, especially at a large company, emphasizing banality.
 * 2) * 1976 March, advertisement, Popular Mechanics, page 44,
 * By day, he′s a 9-to-5 man. By night, an explorer in a field that really interests him!
 * 1) The workday itself (the period of the day between 9 am and 5 pm).
 * 2) * 2010 January-February, Lou′s Clues: Getting to Work (editorial), Ancestry Magazine, page 6,
 * And you might decide that our 9-to-5s today just aren′t so tough.
 * 1) One who works in a job from 9 am to 5 pm.
 * 1) * 2010 January-February, Lou′s Clues: Getting to Work (editorial), Ancestry Magazine, page 6,
 * And you might decide that our 9-to-5s today just aren′t so tough.
 * 1) One who works in a job from 9 am to 5 pm.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 朝九晚五
 * French: de neuf à cinq
 * German: von neun bis fünf
 * Japanese: 九時五時
 * Russian: с девяти́ до пяти́