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任務 (にんむ, ninmu) Japanese meaning: duty | Kotomora
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任にん
務む
は
新あたら
しい
支し
店てん
を
立た
ち
上あ
げる
こと
だ
。
His mission is to set up the new branch office.
The soldiers carried out a difficult mission.
Usage patterns 任にん 務む を 果は たす to fulfill one's duty/mission
任にん 務む を 遂すい 行こう する to carry out a mission
The unit carried out the assigned mission.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 任にん 務む を 与あた える to assign someone a duty/mission
His boss gave him a new mission.
任にん 務む に 就つ く to take up a post/duty
She was assigned to take on that duty.
任にん 務む を 負お う to bear/carry a duty
The soldier bears a heavy duty.
任にん 務む を 放ほう 棄き する to abandon one's duty
He abandoned his duty and fled.
Kanji 任 responsibility, duty, term Related words· 12 役割 is the part or role someone plays within a group, while 任務 is a specific duty or mission formally assigned to that person.
使命 carries a grander, almost destined sense of calling or purpose, whereas 任務 is a concrete, often organizationally assigned task.
職務 refers specifically to the duties tied to one's job or official post, while 任務 can apply more broadly to any assigned mission, including military ones.
仕事 is the general, everyday word for work or a job, while 任務 is more formal and implies a specific assigned duty or mission.
Show 8 more 任務 is a formal Sino-Japanese word for an assigned duty, while ミッション feels more modern and is often used for game or business tasks.
任務 refers to a formal duty or mission assigned to someone, whereas 役 is broader and can also mean an acting part or a mahjong scoring combination.
任務 denotes a specific mission or task, often in military or organizational settings, whereas 任 is the more abstract notion of a charge or duty.
任務 is a more formal word for an officially assigned mission or task, whereas 役目 can describe any expected duty, formal or informal.
Don't confuse with 任命 means 'appointment' (assigning someone to a post), while 任務 is the duty or mission itself that results from such an appointment.
義務 is a legal or moral obligation owed generally, while 任務 is a specific task or mission assigned to someone in a particular role or situation.
Word family task force
combat mission
top secret mission
Etymology Compound of 任 (responsibility, duty) and 務 (task, duty). The combination naturally yields the meaning of an assigned duty or mission.
任務 is a formal term for a duty or assigned task (often military or professional), whereas クエスト is casual gaming slang for a quest.
任務 refers to a specific task or mission one is assigned to carry out, whereas 責任 refers more broadly to the accountability or burden behind fulfilling any duty.
任務 is a concrete task or mission assigned to someone, while 責務 stresses the sense of duty attached to a position rather than a specific task.
任務 is a neutral, task-oriented word for an assigned duty or mission, whereas 重責 specifically highlights how serious or heavy that duty is.
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