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勤める (つとめる): to work (for) — Japanese vocabulary

勤める is read つとめる and means "to work (for)". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

勤める

Reading
つとめる · tsutomeru
Translation
to work (for)
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
つとめるが

Example

兄は銀行に勤めています。

あにはぎんこうにつとめています。

My older brother works at a bank.

Kanji in this word

  • 勤 — work, serve

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