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つとめる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to serve (as)
Many people work here for a long time.
2. to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to serve out (e.g. an apprenticeship)
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
3. to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
4. to practice (Buddhist teachings); to study (Buddhism)
Alt. forms
勤つとめる
66%
つとめる
33%
Pitch accent
つ
とめ
る
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Conjugations...Used in: 968
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
Examples (33 in total)
You've been working here for a long time, haven't you?
My working hours are not fixed.
He works in the university.
I work for a shipping company.
I'm working for a trading firm.
My father works for a power company.
I work for a travel agency.
He works for an advertising agency.
I work for an oil company.
I work in a car company.
She has been with a publishing company for two years.
Who will host the party?
My father serves in the Foreign Ministry.
Tom worked for a construction company in Boston.
She works for a large American corporation.
John works in neuromarketing.
He began to work for that company last year.
I left the company I had worked at for many years and went independent.
She has an uncle who works in a bank.
My sister works in a bank as a secretary.
I am a citizen of Chiba, but work in Tokyo.
Tom works at a hospital near here.
Mary works for a Canadian company.
My older brother works for a company in the finance sector.
He served as the pilot of the ship.
My father works at the factory as an engineer.
I have been working for this newspaper for 4 years.
Tom used to work for a big firm in Boston.
We must try to conserve our natural resources.
He retired from the company after 30 years' service.
While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.
When I reach retirement age in 1998, I will have worked for the college for thirty years.
My girlfriend works at a language school and loves it very much.