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公務 (こうむ): official business, public business — Japanese vocabulary

公務 is read こうむ and means "official business, public business". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

公務

Reading
こうむ · koumu
Translation
official business, public business
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
こうむが

Example

公務のために多くの時間がとられる。

こうむのためにおおくのじかんがとられる。

My public duties take a lot of time.

Kanji in this word

  • 公 — Public, Prince, Official
  • 務 — duty, 務め

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