つとめ – Vocabulary details

つとめ

Noun

1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task

それが務つとめだと思おもっていたのよ。I thought that was my duty.

2. Buddhist religious services

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とめ

one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

place of work

はい、それがつとめですから。

Yes, that is my duty.

それがつとめだと思おもっていたのよ。

I thought that was my duty.

毎まい日にちのつとめを怠おこたるな。

Don't fail in your daily duties.

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