I Love Kanji務まる (tsutomaru)
務まる (つとまる, tsutomaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- つとまる
- Romaji
- tsutomaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- 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) · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 務まる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 務まる | つとまる tsutomaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 務まります | つとまります tsutomarimasu |
| Negative | 務まらない | つとまらない tsutomaranai |
| Polite negative | 務まりません | つとまりません tsutomarimasen |
| Past | 務まった | つとまった tsutomatta |
| Polite past | 務まりました | つとまりました tsutomarimashita |
| Negative past | 務まらなかった | つとまらなかった tsutomaranakatta |
| Te-form | 務まって | つとまって tsutomatte |
| Potential | 務まれる | つとまれる tsutomareru |
| Passive | 務まられる | つとまられる tsutomarareru |
| Causative | 務まらせる | つとまらせる tsutomaraseru |
| Volitional | 務まろう | つとまろう tsutomarou |
| Imperative | 務まれ | つとまれ tsutomare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 務まれば | つとまれば tsutomareba |
Kanji in 務まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 務まる.
事務所じむしょoffice公務員こうむいんpublic employee義務ぎむduty務めつとめservice公務こうむofficial business務めるつとめるto serve as任務にんむduty業務ぎょうむbusiness勤務きんむservice職務しょくむprofessional duties庶務しょむgeneral affairs責務せきむduty税務署ぜいむしょtax office
Source: JMdict entry 1240800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.