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務まる (つとまる): be equal, be fit — Japanese vocabulary

務まる is read つとまる and means "be equal, be fit". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

務まる

Reading
つとまる · tsutomaru
Translation
be equal, be fit
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
つとまるが

Example

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。

そのきゅうじょとうしゅでエースのかわりはとてもつとまらなかった。

The relief pitcher was no substitute for the ace.

Kanji in this word

  • 務 — duty, 務め

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