勤つとめる

つとめる tsutomeru

to work for someone

ichidan verbtransitiveintransitive

Chinese meanings

任职；工作

Examples

Furigana

父ちちは銀ぎん行こうに勤つとめています。
My father works for a bank.
爸爸在银行工作。
Tatoeba #84602
彼かれはもうここには勤つとめていない。
He no longer works here.
他已经不在这里工作了。
Tatoeba #110635

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ba6c46f68c'); // 勤める

{
  "id": "ba6c46f68c",
  "word": "勤める",
  "reading": "つとめる",
  "romaji": "tsutomeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to work for someone"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1240825,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "父は銀行に勤めています。",
      "furigana": "{父|ちち}は{銀行|ぎんこう}に{勤|つと}めています。",
      "en": "My father works for a bank.",
      "tatoeba_id": 84602
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はもうここには勤めていない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はもうここには{勤|つと}めていない。",
      "en": "He no longer works here.",
      "tatoeba_id": 110635
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "4315df0f9e9c42b5bcb3103d7735cb3ed70104ed668478ec1e2add90f4d4e668",
    "meanings": [
      "任职；工作"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "父は銀行に勤めています。",
        "zh": "爸爸在银行工作。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はもうここには勤めていない。",
        "zh": "他已经不在这里工作了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/ba6c46f68c",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3c1c6e9e37d231ea2dcc47535f61f1b780007358efaf2f94d200d289590fcfd6"
  }
}