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勤つとめる

つとめる tsutomeru Play N5 Ichidan verb Transitive Intransitive

Meanings and examples

勤め先として組織などに雇われて働く。 to work for someone

Example 1

父ちちは銀行ぎんこうに勤つとめています。

My father works for a bank.

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Example 2

彼かれはもうここには勤つとめていない。

He no longer works here.

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Kanji breakdown

勤

N3

diligence; become employed; serve

On reading
キン、ゴン
Kun reading
つと.める、-づと.め、つと.まる、いそ.しむ
Radical
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勤め

N3

つとめ

service; duty; business; responsibility; task; Buddhist religious services

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出勤

N2

しゅっきん

going to work; at work

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通勤

N2

つうきん

commuting to work

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勤まる

N1

つとまる

to be fit for; to be equal to; to function properly

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勤め先

N1

つとめさき

place of work