職しょく務む

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

professional duties; official responsibilities

Refers to the duties and responsibilities associated with one's job or position, often in a formal or official context.

〈人ひと〉が職しょく務むを遂すい行こうするfor someone to carry out their official duties
警けい察さつ官かんは冷れい静せいに職しょく務むを遂すい行こうした。
The police officer calmly carried out his duties.
〈人ひと〉が職しょく務むを怠おこたるfor someone to neglect their duties
彼かれは職しょく務むを怠おこたって上じょう司しに注ちゅう意いされた。
He was warned by his boss for neglecting his duties.
〈人ひと〉〉が職務しょくむを全まっとうするfor someone to fulfill their duties completely
彼かの女じょは最さい後ごまで職しょく務むを全まっとうした。
She fulfilled her duties completely to the very end.
〈人ひと〉が職しょく務むに励はげむfor someone to devote themselves diligently to their duties
新しん人じん社しゃ員いんは職しょく務むに励はげんでいる。
The new employee is diligently applying himself to his duties.

仕し事ごとN5
仕事 is the everyday, general word for job or work, while 職務 refers specifically to the formal duties attached to a position.
任にん務むN1
任務 stresses a specific mission or assigned task carried out with a sense of duty, whereas 職務 covers the ongoing responsibilities of one's job.
業ぎょう務むN1
業務 refers to the concrete operations or tasks a business performs, while 職務 focuses on the duties tied to an individual's position within that organization.
責せき務むN1
責務 emphasizes the moral or legal obligation behind a duty, while 職務 simply describes the job-related duties themselves.

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職しょく能のう
職務 refers to the actual duties or responsibilities of a job, while 職能 emphasizes the ability or role needed to carry them out.
公こう務むN2
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.
執しつ務む
職務 refers to one's professional duties or responsibilities themselves, while 執務 emphasizes the act of actually performing those official duties.
任にん
職務 refers concretely to the duties attached to one's job or post, while 任 is a more formal, abstract word for an entrusted responsibility.
役やく目めN2
職務 specifically refers to the duties that come with one's job or official position, while 役目 is broader and can apply to any role in life.
職しょくN3
職務 specifically means the duties or responsibilities attached to a job, a narrower sense than the broader 職, which can mean the job itself.

職しょく業ぎょうN3
職業 means one's occupation or profession as a category (e.g. teacher, doctor), while 職務 refers to the specific duties one performs within that job.
責せき務むN1
職務 refers specifically to the duties of one's job or office, while 責務 is a broader term for any duty or obligation, professional or otherwise, that one must fulfill.
職しょく種しゅ
職務 refers to the specific duties and responsibilities of a job, whereas 職種 is a broader label for the category of work itself.

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Compound of 職 (shoku, 'job, employment') and 務 (mu, 'duty, task'). The combination straightforwardly yields the meaning of job-related duties.