JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

奉仕 (houshi)

奉仕 (ほうし, houshi) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “service; ministry”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ほうし
Romaji
houshi
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. service; ministry; attendance; church work · noun, suru verb, intransitive
  2. offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free · noun, suru verb, intransitive

Example sentences

その職業の主要な目的は社会に奉仕することである。
The prime purpose of the profession is the rendering of a public service.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 奉仕

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary奉仕するほうしする houshisuru
Polite (~masu)奉仕しますほうしします houshishimasu
Negative奉仕しないほうししない houshishinai
Polite negative奉仕しませんほうししません houshishimasen
Past奉仕したほうしした houshishita
Polite past奉仕しましたほうししました houshishimashita
Negative past奉仕しなかったほうししなかった houshishinakatta
Te-form奉仕してほうしして houshishite
Potential奉仕できるほうしできる houshidekiru
Passive奉仕されるほうしされる houshisareru
Causative奉仕させるほうしさせる houshisaseru
Volitional奉仕しようほうししよう houshishiyou
Imperative奉仕しろほうししろ houshishiro
Conditional (~ba)奉仕すればほうしすれば houshisureba

Kanji in 奉仕

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 奉仕.

Source: JMdict entry 1515950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.