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務つとめ
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Meanings
Noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
Other spellings
勤つとめ
Kanji used
務perform a task
Kanji in other spellings
勤devotion to work
Pitch accent
つとめ
Used in vocabulary
勤つとめ先さき
place of work
Noun
勤つとめ人にん
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
Noun
奥おく勤づとめ
serving as maid in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
Noun
勤つとめ気ぎ
mercenary spirit
Noun
勤つとめ口ぐち
position; place of employment
Noun
勤つとめ向むき
one's business; one's duties
Noun
勤つとめ振ぶり
assiduity; conduct
Noun
勤つとめ盛ざかり
the prime of one's career
Noun
勤つとめ奉ぼう公こう
apprenticeship
Noun
会かい社しゃ勤づとめ
working for a company; being employed by a company
Noun
勤つとめ帰がえり
on the way home from work
No-adjective
Examples22
Who do you work for?
I go to work every day.
It's a student's business to study.
Your father works for a bank, doesn't he?
My duty is always before me.
It's easier for me to have a job than to do housework.