事じ務む室しつ

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

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office; office room

A room used for clerical or administrative work, typically within a larger building such as a school, hospital, or company.

事じ務む室しつで書しょ類るいを受うけ取とってください。
Please pick up the documents at the office.
先せん生せいは事じ務む室しつにいます。
The teacher is in the office.

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Usage patterns

事じ務む室しつに呼よばれるto be called to the office
忘わすれ物もののことで事じ務む室しつに呼よばれた。
I was called to the office about something I had left behind.
事じ務む室しつで〈事こと〉の手て続つづきをするto take care of paperwork/procedures at the office
転てん校こうの手て続つづきは事じ務む室しつでしてください。
Please take care of the transfer procedures at the office.
〈物もの〉を事じ務む室しつに届とどけるto deliver/bring something to the office
拾ひろった鍵かぎを事じ務む室しつに届とどけた。
I brought the key I had found to the office.

Kanji

事matter, thing, fact
務task, duties
室room, apartment, chamber

Related words

事じ務む所しょN5
事務所 usually names a business's office or a professional's workplace (e.g. a law office), while 事務室 is just a room set aside for clerical work inside a larger building.
オフィスN3
オフィス is a casual loanword for any office space in general, while 事務室 is the more formal Japanese term for a dedicated administrative room, often in schools or public buildings.

Don't confuse with

職しょく員いん室しつ
職員室 specifically refers to the staff/teachers' room in a school, whereas 事務室 is the administrative office handling paperwork and can exist in any type of institution.
事じ務む所しょN5
事務室 is a single office room inside a larger building, whereas 事務所 usually refers to the whole office or a self-contained office establishment.
会かい議ぎ室しつN5
会議室 is a room for meetings, whereas 事務室 is an office room where regular clerical work is done.

Built from

事じ務む+室しつ

Etymology

Compound of 事務 (じむ, 'office work, clerical work') and 室 (しつ, 'room').