業ぎょう務む

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to the tasks, operations, or duties carried out as part of one's job or organizational function. Often used in formal or business contexts.

新あたらしい業ぎょう務むの手て順じゅんを確かく認にんしてください。
Please check the new work procedures.
彼かれは日にち常じょう業ぎょう務むに追おわれている。
He is swamped with daily operations.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を行おこなうto carry out (business) operations or duties
この部ぶ署しょでは毎まい日にち多おおくの業ぎょう務むを行おこなっている。
This department carries out many duties every day.
〈事こと〉に従じゅう事じするto be engaged in (a certain type of) work
彼かれは貿ぼう易えき業ぎょう務むに従じゅう事じしている。
He is engaged in trade-related work.
〈事こと〉を委い託たくするto outsource operations or tasks
会かい社しゃは一いち部ぶの業ぎょう務むを外がい部ぶに委い託たくした。
The company outsourced part of its operations to an outside firm.
〈事こと〉を遂すい行こうするto perform or execute one's duties
社しゃ員いんは各かく自じの業ぎょう務むを遂すい行こうする責せき任にんがある。
Employees are responsible for carrying out their own duties.
〈事こと〉を停てい止しするto suspend business operations
システム障しょう害がいのため業ぎょう務むを一いち時じ停てい止しした。
Operations were temporarily suspended due to a system failure.
〈事こと〉に支し障しょうが出でるto cause disruption to operations
停てい電でんで業ぎょう務むに支し障しょうが出でた。
The power outage disrupted business operations.

Kanji

業business, vocation, arts
務task, duties

Related words· 13

仕し事ごとN5
仕事 is the general, everyday word for work or a job, while 業務 is more formal and refers specifically to the tasks or operations carried out within an organization.
職しょく務むN1
職務 emphasizes the official duties or responsibilities attached to a specific post, whereas 業務 covers the broader operational tasks of a business or department.
作さ業ぎょうN3
作業 stresses hands-on or physical work being done, while 業務 is a broader term that includes administrative and managerial duties as well.
実じつ務む
業務 is the broader term for business operations or assigned duties, while 実務 emphasizes the concrete, hands-on tasks actually performed.

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事じ務むN3
業務 covers all business operations and duties broadly, while 事務 refers specifically to administrative and clerical tasks like paperwork.
公こう務むN2
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.
常じょう務む
業務 refers to work duties or operations in general, while 常務 in this sense specifically means the routine, day-to-day business.
商しょう務む
業務 covers general work duties or operations in any organization, whereas 商務 is specifically about commercial or trade-related business matters.
タスク
業務 is a formal business term for one's ongoing duties or operations, while タスク denotes a specific, often smaller, individual assignment.
執しつ務む
業務 refers broadly to business operations or tasks a company handles, whereas 執務 specifically means an individual's performance of official duties.
用よう足たしN1
業務 is a formal word for work duties or business tasks, while 用足し in this sense refers more broadly to getting necessary matters done.
勤きん務むN2
業務 emphasizes the specific tasks or operations performed on the job, while 勤務 emphasizes the state or duration of being on duty.
オペレーション
業務 refers to routine business tasks or duties, while オペレーション suggests a coordinated, often large-scale operational activity.

Don't confuse with· 5

業ぎょう種しゅ
業種 refers to the category or type of industry a business belongs to, while 業務 refers to the actual tasks or operations performed.
業ぎょう績せきN2
業績 means business performance or achievements, whereas 業務 means the day-to-day work or duties themselves, not results.
政せい務む
業務 means business or work duties within a company or organization, whereas 政務 means duties specifically related to government, though both share the kanji 務.

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教きょう務む
業務 means general work duties in any business or organization, while 教務 is specifically the administrative work of teaching or religious instruction.
乗じょう務む
業務 and 乗務 share the kanji 務 and both sound similar, but 業務 means general business tasks or operations, whereas 乗務 means specifically being on duty as crew on a vehicle.

Word family· 42

業ぎょう務む上じょう
job-related; operational; business · in the course of one's work
業ぎょう務む用よう
business use; commercial use; professional use; industrial use
業ぎょう務む課か
general affairs section; operations division
業ぎょう務む部ぶ
general affairs department; operations department
与よ信しん業ぎょう務む
credit business; credit operations

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主しゅ要よう業ぎょう務む
primary business; main function; core focus
信しん託たく業ぎょう務む
trust business; trust operations; fiduciary work
共きょう通つう業ぎょう務む
common task
国こく際さい業ぎょう務む
international service; international affairs
基き幹かん業ぎょう務む
mission-critical task; core business operation

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Etymology

Compound of 業 (business, work) and 務 (duty, task). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used to mean 'business affairs' or 'official duties'.