通つう勤きん

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通勤する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

commuting to work; work commute

Refers specifically to the journey between home and workplace. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

〈場ば所しょ〉に通つう勤きんするto commute to a place (workplace)
毎まい日にち、都と心しんの会かい社しゃに通つう勤きんしている。
I commute to a company in the city center every day.
〈物もの〉で通つう勤きんするto commute by (a means of transport)
彼かれは自じ転てん車しゃで通つう勤きんしている。
He commutes by bicycle.
通つう勤きんに〈時じ間かん〉かかるthe commute takes (a certain amount of time)
通つう勤きんに一いち時じ間かん半はんかかる。
The commute takes an hour and a half.

通つう学がくN3
通勤 refers to commuting to work, while 通学 refers to commuting to school.
通かよい
通い is a general word for going somewhere regularly, while 通勤 refers specifically to commuting to work.
通かようN4
通勤する specifically means to commute to work, while 通う can describe regularly going to school, lessons, hospitals, and other places besides work.

出しゅっ勤きんN3
通勤 describes the act of traveling between home and work, while 出勤 describes arriving at or being present at work.
通つう信しんN3
通勤 means commuting to work and shares the kanji 通 with 通信, but the two words have completely unrelated meanings.

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通つう勤きん快かい速そく
commuter express; rapid-service commuter train
通つう勤きん急きゅう行こう
commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
通つう勤きん手て当あて
commuting allowance; travel allowance
通つう勤きん時じ間かん
commuting time; travel time to work
通つう勤きん災さい害がい
commuting accident; commuting injury

Compound of 通 (つう, 'pass through, commute') and 勤 (きん, 'work, service').