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つとめ
Meanings
Noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
Alt. forms
務つとめ
66%
勤つとめ
26%
つとめ
7%
Pitch accent
つ
とめ
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Used in: 280
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
place of work
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Examples (5 in total)
Don't fail in your daily duties.
Her duty was to look after the children.
He blamed me for neglecting my duty.
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