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おつとめ
Meanings
Noun
Polite
1. one's business
2. reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
3. bargain; discount
4. money paid to a prostitute or geisha
Alt. forms
お
勤
つと
め
81%
おつとめ
17%
御
お
勤
つと
め
1%
Pitch accent
お
つとめ
Top 49800
Used in: 158
Composed of
お
honorific/polite/humble prefix
つとめ
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
おつとめ
品
ひん
article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)
おつとめ
ひん
article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)
Examples (3 in total)
どちらに
おつとめ
ですか。
Who do you work for?
どちらの
新
しん
聞
ぶん
社
しゃ
に
おつとめ
ですか。
Which newspaper do you work for?
きみのお
父
とう
さんは
銀
ぎん
行
こう
に
おつとめ
ですね？
Your father works for a bank, doesn't he?