公こう務む

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to work or duties carried out in an official capacity, typically by government employees or public servants.

〈人ひと〉が公こう務むを行おこなうto carry out official duties
市し長ちょうは毎まい日にち多おおくの公こう務むを行おこなっている。
The mayor carries out many official duties every day.
公こう務むで〈場ば所しょ〉へ行いくto go somewhere on official business
大だい臣じんは公こう務むで海かい外がいへ行いった。
The minister went abroad on official business.
公こう務むに就つくto take on public office/duties
彼かれは若わかくして公こう務むに就ついた。
He took on public duties at a young age.
公こう務むを怠おこたるto neglect one's official duties
その職しょく員いんは公こう務むを怠おこたったとして処しょ分ぶんされた。
The employee was disciplined for neglecting his official duties.

業ぎょう務むN1
業務 is a general term for work or business duties in any organization, while 公務 specifically refers to duties performed in an official, governmental capacity.
職しょく務むN1
職務 refers to the duties attached to one's job or post in general, whereas 公務 is limited to official duties carried out for the public or government.
御ご用よう
公務 is the plain, modern term for official government duties, while 御用 conveys the same idea with a more classical, formal tone tied to court or authority.
公こう用ようN1
公務 specifically denotes official duties carried out in a public office or government post, whereas 公用 more broadly covers official business or designated public/government use of things.

私し用ようN1
私用 means personal or private business, directly contrasting with 公務, which is official public business.

公こう用ようN1
公用 refers to official use or purpose (e.g. an official trip), while 公務 refers to the duties or tasks themselves that a public servant performs.
工こう務む
公務 (also read こうむ) means official public duty or business, while 工務 refers to engineering or construction work — they are unrelated in meaning despite sharing the same pronunciation.

公こう務む員いんN4
public employee; civil servant; government worker
公こう務む中ちゅう
on duty; while on official business
公こう務む災さい害がい
accidents in line of duty; work-related accidents for public employees
公こう務む疾しっ病ぺい
sickness incurred in line of duty
公こう務む執しっ行こう妨ぼう害がい
obstruction of a public official in the performance of duties
公こう務む執しっ行こう妨ぼう害がい罪ざい
obstruction of official duties; interference with a public official

Compound of 公 (public, official) and 務 (duty, task).