勤きん務む

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勤務する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	勤きん務むする	勤きん務むしない
Polite	勤きん務むします	勤きん務むしません
Past polite	勤きん務むしました	勤きん務むしませんでした
Past	勤きん務むした	勤きん務むしなかった
Te-form	勤きん務むして	勤きん務むしないで
Desire	勤きん務むしたい	勤きん務むしたくない
Potential	勤きん務むできる	勤きん務むできない
Passive	勤きん務むされる	勤きん務むされない
Causative	勤きん務むさせる	勤きん務むさせない
Causative passive	勤きん務むさせられる	勤きん務むさせられない
Volitional	勤きん務むしよう
Polite volitional	勤きん務むしましょう
Imperative	勤きん務むしろ	勤きん務むするな
Conditional	勤きん務むすれば	勤きん務むしなければ
Tara conditional	勤きん務むしたら	勤きん務むしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

work; duty; service

Refers to one's job, official duties, or the act of working at a workplace. Often used in formal or business contexts.

彼かれは銀ぎん行こうに勤きん務むしている。
He works at a bank.
勤きん務む時じ間かんは9時じから5時じまでです。
Working hours are from 9 to 5.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で勤きん務むするto work at (a place)
彼かれは東とう京きょうの本ほん社しゃで勤きん務むしている。
He works at the head office in Tokyo.
〈時じ間かん〉勤きん務むするto work for (a period of time)
看かん護ご師しは12時じ間かん勤きん務むすることもある。
Nurses sometimes work 12-hour shifts.
勤きん務む条じょう件けんがいい／悪わるいworking conditions are good/bad
この会かい社しゃは勤きん務む条じょう件けんがいいと評ひょう判ばんだ。
This company is known for having good working conditions.
勤きん務むを辞やめるto quit one's job/employment
彼かれは体たい調ちょう不ふ良りょうで勤きん務むを辞やめた。
He quit his job due to poor health.

Kanji

勤diligence, become employed, serve
務task, duties

Related words· 12

仕し事ごとN5
仕事 is the everyday, general word for work or a job, while 勤務 specifically denotes formal employment or duty at an organization.
就しゅう業ぎょうN1
就業 refers to the legal or administrative state of being employed (as in 就業規則), whereas 勤務 focuses on the ongoing act of working.
業ぎょう務むN1
業務 emphasizes the specific tasks or operations performed on the job, while 勤務 emphasizes the state or duration of being on duty.
労ろう働どうN3
労働 is a broader, more societal term for labor (often physical), while 勤務 refers narrowly to one's employment duties at a workplace.

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乗じょう務む
勤務 refers to general work duty at any job (office, factory, etc.), while 乗務 refers specifically to serving as crew on a train, bus, plane, or other vehicle.
執しつ務む
勤務 covers work or service in general employment, while 執務 specifically refers to carrying out official duties in a formal or bureaucratic setting.
従じゅう業ぎょう
勤務 focuses on the act of working or being on duty at a workplace, while 従業 emphasizes the formal status of being employed by an organization.
勤つとめN3
勤務 is a more formal, official term often used in phrases like 勤務時間 (working hours), while 勤め is the everyday noun for one's employment.
勤きん続ぞくN1
勤務 is the general word for working or being on duty at a workplace, while 勤続 focuses specifically on how long that work has continued without interruption.
在ざい職しょく
在職 describes the state of being employed somewhere, whereas 勤務 refers to the act of working or one's duty at a specific job or shift.
働はたらくN5
勤務する is a formal, business-register term for being on duty at a job, whereas 働く is the everyday, all-purpose word for working.
労ろう務む
勤務 emphasizes being on duty or attending a workplace during set hours, whereas 労務 focuses on the labor or service performed itself.

Opposites

休きゅう暇かN3
休暇 means time off or leave from work, the direct opposite of 勤務, which means being on duty.

Don't confuse with

勤きん勉べんN1
勤務 shares the kanji 勤 with 勤勉 but means 'work/duty' (as in one's job), not the personal trait of diligence.
勤きん労ろうN1
勤務 refers to being on duty or employed at a specific workplace, while 勤労 is the broader, more abstract concept of labor or diligent work in general.

Word family· 23

勤きん務む中ちゅう
on duty; at work; while working
勤きん務む先さき
place of employment; workplace
勤きん務む医い
hospital doctor; employed physician
勤きん務む員いん
worker; employee
勤きん務む地ち
duty station; work location; place of business

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勤きん務む者しゃ
worker; employee; person on duty
交こう代たい勤きん務む
shift work
前ぜん哨しょう勤きん務む
outpost duty
勤きん務む交こう代たい
shift change; change of shifts
勤きん務む場ば所しょ
workplace; place of work

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Etymology

Compound of 勤 (diligence, service) and 務 (duty, task). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji period to denote official work or service.