I Love Kanji務める (tsutomeru)
務める (つとめる, tsutomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to serve as; to act as”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つとめる
- Romaji
- tsutomeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 務める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 務める | つとめる tsutomeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 務めます | つとめます tsutomemasu |
| Negative | 務めない | つとめない tsutomenai |
| Polite negative | 務めません | つとめません tsutomemasen |
| Past | 務めた | つとめた tsutometa |
| Polite past | 務めました | つとめました tsutomemashita |
| Negative past | 務めなかった | つとめなかった tsutomenakatta |
| Te-form | 務めて | つとめて tsutomete |
| Potential | 務められる | つとめられる tsutomerareru |
| Passive | 務められる | つとめられる tsutomerareru |
| Causative | 務めさせる | つとめさせる tsutomesaseru |
| Volitional | 務めよう | つとめよう tsutomeyou |
| Imperative | 務めろ | つとめろ tsutomero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 務めれば | つとめれば tsutomereba |
Kanji in 務める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 務める.
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務まるつとまるto be fit (for a role)
Source: JMdict entry 2872052 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.