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勤務 (きんむ, kinmu) Japanese meaning: work | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 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
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ぎん
行こう
に
勤きん
務む
し
て
いる
。
Working hours are from 9 to 5.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 勤きん 務む する to work at (a place)
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)
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
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
He quit his job due to poor health.
Kanji 勤 diligence, become employed, serve Related words· 12 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.
業務 emphasizes the specific tasks or operations performed on the job, while 勤務 emphasizes the state or duration of being on duty.
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.
Show 8 more 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.
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.
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.
Don't confuse with 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 on duty; at work; while working
place of employment; workplace
hospital doctor; employed physician
worker; employee
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.
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.
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.
勤務 emphasizes being on duty or attending a workplace during set hours, whereas 労務 focuses on the labor or service performed itself.
duty station; work location; place of business
