Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. duty; obligation; responsibility
Kanji used
justice
perform a task
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
sense of duty (obligation)
duty of confidentiality
Examples (32 in total)
It is our obligation to help.
At any rate, I did my duty.
An individual has rights and responsibilities.
I'm responsible for protecting her.
In any case, I did my duty.
It is our duty to help one another.
We all have a duty to fulfill.
She knows that it was our duty.
It's your duty to finish the job.
If you don't do your duty, people will look down on you.
We have a legal obligation to pay our taxes.
It is the students' duty to clean their classrooms.
If school wasn't obligatory, I would stop going there.
I was bound to answer him.
I only go to church out of duty to my mother.
Every player is under obligation to keep the rules.
I believe it my duty to protect these children.
It is our duty to keep our town clean.
He has completely lost all sense of duty.
He was bound to pay his father's debt.
It's our duty to always obey the law.
He criticized me for neglecting my duty.
Because of the contract, he is bound to deliver them.
You must do your duty, whether you like it or not.
They didn't neglect their own duty.
The prevention of forest fires is everyone's responsibility.
In everyday life we have many obligations and responsibilities.
I thought it my duty to tell you the truth.
Parents have responsibilities to look to their children's health.
Now that he is old, it is your duty to look after him.
In Japan, attendance at elementary and junior high school is compulsory.
You have a responsibility to explain that behavior to me.