お勤つとめ

noun

one's work; one's duties; one's business

Polite noun for one's job, duties, or business, often used in formal or respectful contexts. The prefix お adds politeness.

• 今日きょうはお勤つとめが早はやく終おわりました。

  I finished my work early today.

• お勤つとめ先さきはどちらですか。

  Where do you work? (polite)

noun

sutra reading before a Buddha statue; Buddhist service

Refers to the act of reading scriptures or performing a service in front of a Buddhist image. Common in temple contexts.

• 朝あさのお勤つとめを済すませてから朝ちょう食しょくをとる。

  After finishing the morning sutra reading, I have breakfast.

noun

bargain; discount

Used in commercial contexts to mean a good deal or discount. Often appears in phrases like お勤め品 (discounted item).

• この店みせはいつもお勤つとめ品ひんが豊ほう富ふだ。

  This store always has a lot of discounted items.

noun

payment to a prostitute or geisha

Archaic term for money paid to a prostitute or geisha. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、遊ゆう女じょへのお勤つとめとして金きん銭せんが支し払はらわれた。

  In the Edo period, money was paid to courtesans as o-tsutome.