Keyword
serve
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1033
Readings
(94%)
つか
(2%)
(1%)
づか
(1%)
Composed of
thin person
professional
Mnemonic

A professional is a person who serves his clients or his boss for money. Even if he's a thin weakling, as a proper professional he will do his job!

Used in vocabulary (415 in total)
work; job; labor; work
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
way; method; means; resource; course
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to serve; to work for; to attend
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
at work; in the midst of work; working
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
way; method; means; (technical) specification
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
finish; finishing; finishing touches
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
place where one works; construction site; working area
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
stocking; buying up
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
official; civil service
physical work; manual labour (labor)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the way one works; one's working manner
finish; end; completion; result
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
big job; great task
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
working in the fields; working on a farm
preparation; arrangements
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
helplessly; reluctantly
going home from work; on the way home from work
to quit one's job; to resign
for work; in a manner related to work
attendance; serving
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
dirty work; unpleasant task
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
personal attendant; valet; maid
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
end; close; finish; termination
to serve; to do
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
execution; punishment; spanking
tailor; dressmaker
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
match; game; bout; contest
tailor; dressmaker
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
work clothes; business suit
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
court service
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
needlework; sewing
situation; developments; outcome
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
to make over (clothing); to have altered; to renovate
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
execution; punishment; spanking
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
specification document
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to finish one's work
to quit one's job; to resign
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
job hunting; job searching
overall finish; mop-up
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
bureaucratic routine; red tape
cost price; buying price
farm work; field labour; field labor
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
the way one works; one's working manner
to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over
stand-up work; work performed standing
to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
office desk; work desk
servant (of the people); minister (of religion)
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
stocking; buying up
job (responsibility) of a section
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
finish; finishing; finishing touches
voluntary social service
to be assiduous in one's business
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
last business day of the year
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
one's fate (fortune) as concerns business
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
hasty preparation
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
livery; servant's clothes provided by employers
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
making over (clothing)
rough work; hard work
workman; enterpriser; schemer
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
work fiend; devil for work
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
execution ground
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
labor service; labour service
resignation; seventy years of age
booby trap explosive; booby trap bomb
large-scale speculative go-around
cost price; buying price
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
livery; servant's clothes provided by employers
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
to do over; to remake; to resume
finish; end; completion; result
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
delivery; sending; treatment
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
helplessly; reluctantly
longshoreman; baggageman
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
kitchen work; housework; scullion; servant who works in the kitchen (usu. female)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
confusing set-up; puzzling method
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else
longshoreman; stevedore
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
early closing; finishing (work) early
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
early closing; finishing (work) early
to serve; to build as commanded
preparations for winter
starting lines in the ring
finishing up (a job); selling out; buying up
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
structured bond
work opening; work position
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
partition; divider
trapdoor; trap door
talking with gestures
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
(one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance
to close a position
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
tacking; basting (thread)
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
learned at ...; acquired at ...
finishing up
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
workbench; work table
partition; divider
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
capable of anything; liable to do
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
way of training; method of bringing up children
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
purchase price; unit purchase price
speculative stock
hasty preparation
post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern
vat for making rice wine
to apply for a job; to apply for work
making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)
bath taken after everyone else (in the family)
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
book-keeping journal
quantity or value of goods laid in
brand new (clothes)
singlemindedly devoted to work
free dressmaking ticket (with a purchase of cloth)
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
to do over; to start anew
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
execution ground
tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job; piecework
(successive lords) using the same retainers
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
blunder; failure; mistake; error
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
one can not serve two masters
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
bureaucratic routine; red tape
standards author; writer of standards
way; method; means; (technical) specification
don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
talking with gestures
test specification
preparation for rain
temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
method; way
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
hasty preparation
way of training; method of bringing up children
stock of goods received
getting ready to go out in the snow; clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
bargain goods; sale items
spade work; subcontract
goods left unsold
settlement; winding or straightening up
the work (doings) of so-and-so
to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish
polishing; polished finish; burnished finish
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to do over; to remake; to resume
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
longshoreman; baggageman
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
talking with gestures
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
purchase price; unit purchase price
quantity or value of goods laid in
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
to serve at the same time
maidservant
commencement
finishing workman; finisher; fitter
finishing workman; finisher; fitter
journal (accounts)
specification documents
style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training
preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing
amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses
internal method; inner resources
helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort
helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort
backbreaking work
end-of-year settling of accounts
transactions on dealer's terms
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
speculators' (speculative) market
extended memory specification; XMS
program specification
functional specification
first-run limited edition technical recording
female servant who works in the kitchen
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
settlement price; invoice price
settlement price; invoice price
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryo system); palanquin bearer (Edo period)
blunder; failure; mistake; error
waterproofing (of a building); flashing; weathering
waterproofing (of a building); flashing; weathering
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
impossible to do
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last
Examples (200 in total)
I thought that was your job.
You must work more.
You must do work.