duty;  function;  office;  mission;  task
 duty;  obligation;  responsibility
 office (e.g. the Oval Office)
 business;  affairs;  duties;  work;  procedure;  task
 performance of one's official duties
 office work;  clerical work;  administration;  business;  affairs
 doctor's office;  medical office;  sickbay
 official business;  public business
 special duty;  being in sole charge of a duty;  senior managing director;  executive director
 administrative;  businesslike;  practical;  impersonal;  perfunctory;  robot-like
 military affairs;  military service
 clerk;  office worker;  office staff
 managing director;  executive director;  routine business;  regular business
 government worker;  public servant;  civil servant
 secretariat;  executive office
 detective bureau;  detective agency;  investigation firm
 practical business;  practical work experience;  practicum;  practice
 prison officer;  corrections officer;  penal officer;  prison guard;  jailor;  warder
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 general affairs;  general business;  manager;  director;  adjutant general
 administrative official;  secretary;  commissioner
 sense of duty (obligation)
 urgent business;  pressing need;  imperative
 exhausting work;  hard work;  severe duty
 shrine office;  office of a Shinto shrine
 internal or domestic affairs
 business use;  business purposes
 office hours;  business hours;  working hours
 to obligate;  to make compulsory;  to require;  to mandate
 on duty;  at work;  while working
 doing transport-related work
 Minister for Foreign Affairs
 Home Ministry;  Department of the Interior (US, etc.);  Home Office (UK);  Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
 engineering firm;  contractor
 general affairs department (bureau);  executive section
 normal duties;  (one's) regular work
 judicial affairs;  clerical duty (in a temple)
 debt;  liabilities;  obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
 clerical desk;  office desk
 samue;  monk's working clothes
 interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
 permanent vice-president;  undersecretary;  vice-minister
 in the course of one's duties
 secretary-general;  director-general;  executive director;  executive secretary
 transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.);  crew member;  crewman
 serving concurrently as;  holding the additional post of;  additional post
 compulsory;  obligatory;  mandatory
 office workers;  office staff;  clerical staff
 school affairs;  religious affairs
 neglect (dereliction) of duty;  negligence
 minister of state;  cabinet minister (Japan)
 office job;  clerical work
 legal officer;  legal office;  judge advocate (army);  praetor;  pretor
 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
 secret military agency;  secret service
 police affairs;  military police
 law office;  lawyer's office;  attorney's office
 military police brigade (land army)
 penal labour;  work assigned to prisoners
 job-related;  in the course of one's work
 order (to an employee from management)
 secretary-general;  director
 chief of the general affairs department (bureau);  chief of the executive section
 legal office;  law office;  legal department
 laborer;  labourer;  workman
 making obligatory;  making compulsory
 regional legal affairs bureau
 engineering;  engineering works
 adjustment of debts;  debt-workout;  consolidation of debts;  settlement of debts
 police affairs department;  police headquarters department which handles human resources, finance, etc.
 local government employee;  local civil servant
 obstruction of business;  interference with business;  interference with somebody's duties
 labor;  labour;  work;  service
 business affairs of a company;  clerical business of a Shinto shrine
 private office;  private practice
 Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)
 duty station;  place of business;  work location
 to administer affairs of state;  to attend to government affairs
 military affairs;  military work
 management task;  administrative task
 stable boy;  stable hand;  groom
 doctor working in a hospital;  physician working in public practice
 administrative staff;  business clerk;  clerical force;  clerical officer;  clerical personnel;  clerical staff
 civil service examination
 (senior) managing director
 person with a head for business
 Minister of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)
 person with multiple debts
 outsourcing;  subcontracting
 tax inquiry;  tax enquiry;  tax investigation
 business diary;  job sheet;  operational record;  logbook
 liquidation (of a company);  finishing remaining business
 office supplies;  stationery
 juvenile prison;  juvenile corrective institution
 person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)
 job description;  job specification;  job content
 to place an obligation;  to impose a duty;  to obligate
 workers;  employees;  people on duty
 educational affairs section;  academic affairs section;  registrar's office
 to do (attend to) business
 auxiliary vessel;  auxiliary ship
 instructor at a correctional facility (esp. juvenile detention centre)
 forcible obstruction of business;  obstructing business by force
 deputy minister;  assistant minister
 management (of corporate affairs);  business execution;  administration of business matters
 working at home;  telecommuting
 professional negligence resulting in death
 person in charge;  competent (authority, minister, etc.)
 compulsory military service
 Minister of Finance;  Treasurer
 welfare office;  social security office
 general affairs department (e.g. in a company);  operations department
 duty to support (a person)
 labor management;  labour management
 office for rent;  office to let
 (work) performance evaluation;  performance review;  efficiency rating
 work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
 Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
 unilaterality (e.g. of a contract);  one-sidedness (e.g. of a treaty)
 temple affairs; (arch.)  temple administrator; (arch.)  person in charge of temple affairs
 solicitor (legal practitioner)
 overtime (work);  work done outside normal working hours
 National Public Service Act
 a tax official;  a revenue officer
 to administer affairs of state;  to attend to government affairs
 chairman of executive council (usu. of a party);  chairman of the general affairs committee
 wholesale supermarket;  supermarket catering to businesses
 Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
 United Nations Secretariat
 primary business;  primary function;  primary focus
 State Council (of the People's Republic of China)
 business improvement order
 (one's) work performance;  performance record;  service record
 secular affairs;  worldly cares;  daily routine
 executive council (usu. of a party);  board of governors;  general affairs committee
 customer relations;  serving (helping, attending to, waiting on) customers
 (professional) negligence
 financial structure;  financial constitution
 invention by an employee;  employee invention;  service invention
 resume showing career and job history;  curriculum vitae
 mail service;  postal service
 de-facto embassy;  liaison office
 professional negligence resulting in injury or death
 police execution of duties law
 obstructing the discharge of official duties;  hindering a government official in the execution of his duties
 Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)
 outsourcing agreement;  operating agreement;  subcontracting arrangement
 The Three Major Duties (education, work and payment of taxes)
 Self-Strengthening Movement (political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty);  Westernization Movement
 head of business department
 obligation of restitution
 chief financial officer;  CFO
 licensed social insurance consultant;  labor and social security attorney
 accidents in line of duty
 Statistics Bureau of Japan;  SBJ; (lit.) Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
 most important task;  most pressing task;  urgent business
 debtor nation;  debt-laden country;  debtor country
 labor section;  labour section
 salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees
 period of work;  period of service;  tour of duty
 United Nations Secretariat
 de-facto embassy;  liaison office
 Conference of Administrative Vice-Ministers
 clinical teaching;  clinical training
 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;  UNHCR
 processing service;  processing work
 fixed task;  scheduled task
 compulsory school attendance
 general affairs section (e.g. in a company);  operations division
 monetary liabilities;  pecuniary obligation
 mission-critical task;  business-critical matter
 bilaterality (e.g. of a contract);  two-sidedness (e.g. of a treaty)
 wages based on job evaluation
 worldly affairs;  public affairs
 international service;  international affairs
 ex-officio questioning;  police questioning (of a suspicious person);  a police checkup
 direct labor costs;  direct labour costs
 collateralized debt obligation;  CDO
 cumulative debt;  debt accumulation
 family affairs;  family business;  steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)
 Committee on Judicial Affairs
 application-oriented language
 director of finance;  finance director
 the cabinet minister in charge
 division of administrative responsibilities
 administrative data processing
 scope of affairs under the jurisdiction
 United Nations Secretary-General
 military police brigade (navy)
 committee affairs;  meeting affairs
 instructor with a career in their subject area
 financial strength ratings
 bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business;  accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business
 corporate legal office;  corporate law office;  corporate legal department
 Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
 guide to office routine;  guide to the performance of official duties
 invention developed as a result of one's work
 Director General of Prime Minister's Office
 executive positions in the civil service
 job description;  job specification
 mandatory expense;  required expenses
 Assistant Secretary of State
 Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
 financial strength ratings
 application software program
 training institute for civil servants
 carbon dioxide reducing obligation
 trust business;  trust operations;  fiduciary work
 three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary
 military police brigade (air force)
 business application;  business-oriented software
 judge advocate general;  JAG
 individual outsourcing agreement
 taxation office serving a specific area;  competent tax office
 support services agreement contract
 sickness incurred in line of duty
 work at a train station;  station service;  station work
 Postal Bureau (within the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
 reparation in the form of service
 Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest
 job;  role;  duty;  (job of) collecting land tax (feudal Japan);  earnings from land tax