Illustration: At a busy Japanese neighborhood intersection, a uniformed police officer stands at a pedestrian crossing and holds traffic while an older resident finishes crossing with a wheeled shopping bag. A second officer waits beside their patrol car, monitoring the other approach.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう務む

koumu

official duties

Refers to duties performed in a public role. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 公務こうむのために多おおくの時間じかんがとられる。

    My public duties take a lot of time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また、公務こうむに関かんしては時ときには強引ごういんな道長みちながの方針ほうしんと対立たいりつする場合ばあいもあった。

    However, on official matters, he sometimes opposed the aggressive policies of Michinaga.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 只今ただいま、ジョエルさんは公務こうむ中ちゅうです。

    Mr Joel is now on duty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 公務

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 務task; dutiesOnムKunつとめる

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