専せん務む

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

exclusive responsibility; special duty; being solely in charge

Less common literal noun use: being assigned exclusively to a particular duty or taking sole charge of it. In modern everyday use, 専務 is much more often understood as a company executive title.

古ふるい用よう法ほうでは、専せん務むは特とく定ていの任にん務むを一いっ手てに引ひき受うけることを指さす。
In older usage, senmu refers to taking on a particular duty single-handedly.

noun

senior managing director; executive director

abbreviation

Corporate title, commonly used as an abbreviation of 専務取締役. It can refer to the person holding the post and is also used after a name as a title.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が専せん務むに就しゅう任にんするfor someone to be appointed senior managing director
彼かれは来らい月げつから専せん務むに就しゅう任にんする予よ定ていだ。
He is scheduled to become senior managing director next month.
専せん務むを務つとめるto serve as senior managing director
父ちちはその会かい社しゃで専せん務むを務つとめている。
My father serves as senior managing director at that company.

Kanji

専specialty, exclusive, mainly
務task, duties

Related words

専せん務む取とり締しまり役やく sense 2
専務取締役 is the full formal title, while 専務 is the common everyday abbreviation for the same executive position.
常じょう務む sense 2
常務 is another senior executive title, typically ranked just below 専務 in the company hierarchy, though exact conventions vary by firm.
取とり締しまり役やくN1sense 2
取締役 is the general term for a company director, while 専務 specifically denotes the senior managing director rank among directors.

Don't confuse with

兼けん務む
専務 (a senior managing-director title) looks similar to 兼務 because both share the kanji 務, but 専務 refers to a specific executive rank, not to holding an extra job.

Word family

専せん務む理り事じ
managing director; executive director
専せん務む取とり締しまり役やく
senior managing director

Written forms

専せん務むUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling. せんむ is listed as the reading and does not indicate a kana-only written variant.
センムUsage<1%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound from 専, associated with exclusivity or specialization, and 務, duty or work. The literal idea of exclusive charge underlies the executive-title use.