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