勤める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勤
つと
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
勤める (kyūjitai)
See also 勤め

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 務める.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「勤める」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		勤める つとめる
Imperative (命令形) 勤めろ つとめろ
Key constructions
Passive 勤められる つとめられる
Causative 勤めさせる つとめさせる
Potential 勤められる つとめられる
Volitional 勤めよう つとめよー
Negative 勤めない つとめない
Negative perfective 勤めなかった つとめなかった
Formal 勤めます つとめます
Perfective 勤めた つとめた
Conjunctive 勤めて つとめて
Hypothetical conditional 勤めれば つとめれば

Verb

勤(つと)める • (tsutomeru) ichidan (stem 勤(つと)め (tsutome), past 勤(つと)めた (tsutometa))

Japanese verb pair
active 勤める
mediopassive 勤まる
  1. to be engaged, to work (for)
    彼(かれ)は広告会社(こうこくがいしゃ)に勤(つと)めている。
    Kare wa kōkoku gaisha ni tsutometeiru.
    He works for an advertisement firm.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勤める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 勤め つとめ tsutome
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 勤め つとめ tsutome
Shūshikei ("terminal") 勤める つとめる tsutomeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 勤める つとめる tsutomeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 勤めれ つとめれ tsutomere
Meireikei ("imperative") 勤めよ¹
勤めろ² 		つとめよ¹
つとめろ² 		tsutomeyo¹
tsutomero²
Key constructions
Passive 勤められる つとめられる tsutomerareru
Causative 勤めさせる
勤めさす 		つとめさせる
つとめさす 		tsutomesaseru
tsutomesasu
Potential 勤められる
勤めれる³ 		つとめられる
つとめれる³ 		tsutomerareru
tsutomereru³
Volitional 勤めよう つとめよう tsutomeyō
Negative 勤めない
勤めぬ
勤めん 		つとめない
つとめぬ
つとめん 		tsutomenai
tsutomenu
tsutomen
Negative continuative 勤めず つとめず tsutomezu
Formal 勤めます つとめます tsutomemasu
Perfective 勤めた つとめた tsutometa
Conjunctive 勤めて つとめて tsutomete
Hypothetical conditional 勤めれば つとめれば tsutomereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
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