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務め |
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| tsutome | つとめ | |
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| service, duty, business, responsibility, task; Buddhist religious services | |
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勉強するのは学生の務め。
benkyō suru no wa gakusei no tsutome. It's a student's business to study. |
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務めを怠ったと言って彼は私をとがめた。
tsutome o okotatta to itte kare wa watashi o togame ta. He blamed me for neglecting my duty. |
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彼は健康を犠牲にしても自分の務めを果たした。
kare wa kenkō o gisei ni shi te mo jibun no tsutome o hatashi ta. He did his duty at the cost of his health. |
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彼女の務めは子供たちの世話をすることであった。
kanojo no tsutome wa kodomo tachi no sewa o suru koto de atta. Her duty was to look after the children. |
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彼はもう高齢ですから、世話をするのはあなたの務めなのです。
kare wa mō kōrei desu kara, sewa o suru no wa anata no tsutome na no desu. Now that he is old, it is your duty to look after him. |
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私の最初の務めは資格のない志願者をふるいにかけることだった。
watashi no saisho no tsutome wa shikaku no nai shigan sha o furui ni kakeru koto datta. My first task was to screen out unqualified applicants. |
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あなたは、公開企業でも私企業でもよいがイタリアの会社に務めていて、高いレベルの責任を負う管理職の地位にある女性を何人知っていますか?
anata wa, kōkai kigyū de mo shikigyū de mo yoi ga itaria no kaisha ni tsutome te i te, takai reberu no sekinin o ō kanri shoku no chī ni aru josei o nan nin shitte i masu ka ? How many women do you know that are managers with high levels of responsibility in Italian companies, public or private? |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

