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Kanji Detail for 務 - "duty, work, service"
務
- Meaning
務 means "duty, work, service."
Serve - To work; to devote effort.
Duty - Work; responsibility; role.
Strive - To make effort; to do one's best.
Despise - To look down on (same as 侮).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
task; duties
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
affairs, business; must, should
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
affairs, business; should; must
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Business; affairs. All undertakings are called 務. Such as 事務 (affairs), 庶務 (general affairs). | To devote oneself. Such as 貪多務得 (greedy to gain much). Also 務本 (pursue fundamentals), 務末 (pursue trivialities), all meaning devoting oneself to one thing. | Meaning of necessity. Such as 務乞 (earnestly request), 務必 (must) in correspondence.
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Sentences including 務
You had better not smoke while on duty.
He left the office just now.
It's a student's business to study.
I am on duty now.
Her duty was to look after the children.
The building to the right of that office is the tokyo building.
Mr smith is now on duty.
Don't smoke while you are on duty.
It is up to us to help those people.
It's my duty to help you.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
そのうちの一人は締切の日に車で事務所へ馳けつけて漸く間に合わせたといった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
一度などは職務の都合もあろうが、できるなら繰り合せてこの夏ぐらい一度顔だけでも見に帰ったらどうだとまで書いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はもう少しで、あなたに対する私のこの義務を放擲するところでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あなたから見たら、これが義務の遂行を重んずる私の性格のように思われるかも知れません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はあなたの知っている通り、ほとんど世間と交渉のない孤独な人間ですから、義務というほどの義務は、自分の左右前後を見廻しても、どの方角にも根を張っておりません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
業務の都合からいえば、今までの居宅に寝起きする方が、二｜里も隔った私の家に移るより遥かに便利だといって笑いました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はもう少しで、あなたに対する私のこの義務を放擲するところでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あなたから見たら、これが義務の遂行を重んずる私の性格のように思われるかも知れません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はあなたの知っている通り、ほとんど世間と交渉のない孤独な人間ですから、義務というほどの義務は、自分の左右前後を見廻しても、どの方角にも根を張っておりません。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
業務の都合からいえば、今までの居宅に寝起きする方が、二｜里も隔った私の家に移るより遥かに便利だといって笑いました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha