勤め
つとめ · tsutome
Service, duty, business, responsibility, task
- Buddhist religious services
Other ways to say “service” in Japanese →
falls on the next particle · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
彼女は長年勤めた会社を辞めて、フリーランスになった。
かのじょはながねんつとめたいしゃをやめて、ふりーらんすになった。
She quit the company she had worked for many years and became a freelancer.
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What does 勤め mean?
Service, duty, business, responsibility, task. It can also mean: Buddhist religious services.
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つとめ (tsutome). Pitch accent: odaka — falls on the next particle. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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