勤つとまる

つとまる tsutomaru

to be fit for
to be equal to
to function properly

godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

胜任

Examples

彼はとてもその仕事が勤まらなかった。
He fell lamentably short of his duty.
他完全不能胜任那项工作。
Tatoeba #111621
その救助投手でエースの代わりはとても務まらなかった。
The relief pitcher was no substitute for the ace.
那位救援投手根本无法顶替王牌投手。
Tatoeba #211446

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('00c77c36b3'); // 勤まる

{
  "id": "00c77c36b3",
  "word": "勤まる",
  "reading": "つとまる",
  "romaji": "tsutomaru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be fit for",
    "to be equal to",
    "to function properly"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1240800,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼はとてもその仕事が勤まらなかった。",
      "en": "He fell lamentably short of his duty.",
      "tatoeba_id": 111621
    },
    {
      "ja": "その救助投手でエースの代わりはとても務まらなかった。",
      "en": "The relief pitcher was no substitute for the ace.",
      "tatoeba_id": 211446
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "c456c4fd9f9b1e4c5e578461f0544570a9bf7a71e4d60e566b0e9f063c2c4f54",
    "meanings": [
      "胜任"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼はとてもその仕事が勤まらなかった。",
        "zh": "他完全不能胜任那项工作。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その救助投手でエースの代わりはとても務まらなかった。",
        "zh": "那位救援投手根本无法顶替王牌投手。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/00c77c36b3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1240800; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ccd94d2d0455162d7df09ab92898d1437c8f61c80542c5837fdadd895eed48b2"
  }
}