I Love Kanji勤める (tsutomeru)
勤める (つとめる, tsutomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at)”. It appears in JLPT N5 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 N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to serve (as) · ichidan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to serve out (e.g. an apprenticeship) · ichidan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to pratice (Buddhist teachings); to study (Buddhism) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 勤める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 勤める | つとめる tsutomeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 勤めます | つとめます tsutomemasu |
| Negative | 勤めない | つとめない tsutomenai |
| Polite negative | 勤めません | つとめません tsutomemasen |
| Past | 勤めた | つとめた tsutometa |
| Polite past | 勤めました | つとめました tsutomemashita |
| Negative past | 勤めなかった | つとめなかった tsutomenakatta |
| Te-form | 勤めて | つとめて tsutomete |
| Potential | 勤められる | つとめられる tsutomerareru |
| Passive | 勤められる | つとめられる tsutomerareru |
| Causative | 勤めさせる | つとめさせる tsutomesaseru |
| Volitional | 勤めよう | つとめよう tsutomeyou |
| Imperative | 勤めろ | つとめろ tsutomero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 勤めれば | つとめれば tsutomereba |
Kanji in 勤める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 勤める.
通勤つうきんcommuting to work勤めつとめservice出勤しゅっきんgoing to work勤勉きんべんdiligent勤務きんむservice勤労きんろうlabor転勤てんきんjob transfer勤め先つとめさきplace of work
Source: JMdict entry 1240825 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.