事じ務む

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

office work; clerical work; administration

General term for desk-based administrative tasks, paperwork, and office operations. Often used in compounds like 事務所 (office) and 事務員 (clerk).

彼かれは市し役やく所しょで事じ務むの仕し事ごとをしている。
He does clerical work at the city hall.
事じ務む処しょ理りに時じ間かんがかかる。
Paperwork takes time.

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Usage patterns

事じ務むをするto do office/clerical work
彼かの女じょは会かい社しゃで事じ務むをしている。
She does office work at a company.
事じ務むに追おわれるto be swamped with office work
月げつ末まつはいつも事じ務むに追おわれる。
At the end of the month I'm always swamped with office work.
事じ務むを担たん当とうするto be in charge of office/administrative work
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんが事じ務むを担たん当とうすることになった。
The new employee ended up being in charge of the office work.

Expressions

事じ務むを執とるattend to business; handle office work
事じ務むを見みるattend to business; handle office work

Kanji

事matter, thing, fact
務task, duties

Related words

業ぎょう務むN1
業務 covers all business operations and duties broadly, while 事務 refers specifically to administrative and clerical tasks like paperwork.
庶しょ務むN1
庶務 refers to general miscellaneous administrative duties (often handled by a company's 庶務課), whereas 事務 is the general term for office/clerical work as a whole.
教きょう務む
事務 is general office or clerical work of any kind, whereas 教務 refers specifically to educational or religious administrative duties.

Don't confuse with

実じつ務む
事務 refers to clerical or office administrative work, while 実務 refers more broadly to the practical, hands-on duties of a job, and the two words sound similar enough to confuse.
執しつ務む
事務 refers to clerical or administrative office work in general, while 執務 refers more formally to the act of performing one's official duties.

Word family· 40

事じ務む所しょN5
office
事じ務む次じ官かん
administrative vice-minister; permanent secretary
事じ務む職しょく
office job; clerical work
事じ務む員いんN1
clerk; office worker; office staff
事じ務む室しつN1
office; office room

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事じ務む会かい
business meeting; administrative meeting
事じ務む器き
office equipment; business machines
事じ務む官かん
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
事じ務む家か
man of affairs; businessperson; administrator
事じ務む局きょく
secretariat; executive office
事じ務む屋や
office worker; clerk
事じ務む方かた
office workers; clerical staff
事じ務む服ふく
office uniform; work clothes

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Etymology

Compound of 事 (things, matters) and 務 (duty, task). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji period to refer to office and administrative work.