How to say "service" in Japanese

• サービスJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe everyday word for service in the sense of help, assistance, or care provided to customers or users, as in shops, hotels, and public utilities. This is usually the word you want for customer service.
  あの店みせはサービスが良よい。↗

  That store gives good service.
• 勤務きんむJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers service in the sense of duty or work at a job or post, such as serving at a company or office. It refers to being on duty rather than to help given to customers.
  その警備員けいびいんは一いち晩ばん中ちゅう勤務きんむだった。↗

  The guard was on duty all night.
• 扱いあつかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCorresponds to service as treatment — how a person or thing is dealt with or handled. It is about the manner of treatment, not about work performed or assistance rendered.
  この旅館りょかんは客きゃくの扱あつかいがよい。↗

  This inn gives good service.
• 奉仕ほうしJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbService in the sense of devoted, selfless work, including ministry, attendance, and church work. It suggests serving others or a cause rather than ordinary paid work, and is not the usual word for customer service.
  その職業しょくぎょうの主要しゅような目的もくてきは社会しゃかいに奉仕ほうしすることである。↗

  The prime purpose of the profession is the rendering of a public service.
• 勤めつとめJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounService as duty, business, or responsibility, especially one's work or role that one attends to. It overlaps with 勤務 in the sense of holding a job or fulfilling an obligation.
  お勤つとめはどちらですか。↗

  Who do you work for?

Use 「サービス」 for help or amenities provided to customers, 勤務 and 「勤め」 for work duties, 「扱い」 for how someone is treated, and 奉仕 for selfless or religious service.

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• サービスservice
• 勤務きんむservice
• 扱いあつかいtreatment
• 奉仕ほうしservice
• 勤めつとめservice
• 用途ようとuse
• 取り扱いとりあつかいtreatment
• 運行うんこうoperation (of a bus or train service)
• 寄与きよcontribution
• 待遇たいぐうtreatment
• 運航うんこうoperation (of a ship or aircraft route)
• 力添えちからぞえhelp
• 役務えきむlabor
• 役やくrole
• 業務ぎょうむbusiness
• 便びんflight (e.g. airline flight)
• 儀式ぎしきceremony
• 執行しっこうexecution
• もてなしhospitality
• 労務ろうむlabor
• 在職ざいしょくbeing in office
• 儀典ぎてんceremony
• おもてなしhospitality
• 便べんconvenience
• 戦務せんむservice
• 用役ようえきservice
• 客あしらいきゃくあしらいhospitality
• サーブ権サーブけんone's serve
• 礼拝れいはいworship (esp. Christian)
• 事業じぎょう(social) project