タスクtasuku

Common
Definitions
  1. nountask
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym課題かだいNeutralA problem or issue awaiting solution, as in 「今後の課題」; 「タスク」 leans toward concrete items to be handled.
  • Synonym任務にんむWrittenWritten register: a duty or mission assigned to you. 「タスク」 is for everyday to-do work.
  • Synonym作業さぎょうNeutralWork or operations carried out step by step; 「タスク」 is one discrete task unit at a time.
  • Synonym仕事しごとNeutralWork or a job in the broadest sense; 「タスク」 is a concrete to-do item.
  • Related任にんWrittenWritten register for one's duty or charge, as in 「任に就く」; 「タスク」 is a to-do item.
  • Related役やくNeutralA post or role (also a part in a play); 「タスク」 is concrete to-do work.
  • Related役目やくめNeutralThe duty that falls to one's position; 「タスク」 is items you can list off.
  • Related勤めつとめNeutralDuty or service, working at a company, or Buddhist rites; 「タスク」 is a concrete to-do item.
  • Relatedお勤めおつとめFormalFormal: one's job, or reading sutras before a Buddha. 「タスク」 is a to-do item.
  • Relatedお役目おやくめFormalFormal: public duties or responsibilities. 「タスク」 is a concrete task.
  • Related職分しょくぶんWrittenWritten register: the proper duty of one's post. 「タスク」 is concrete work.

Use 「タスク」 for to-do items and task lists, as in 「タスク管理」. For work in general use 「仕事」, for problems awaiting solution 「課題」, for assigned missions and duties 「任務」 or 「役目」, and for step-by-step operations 「作業」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 一定いってい期間内きかんないにやるべき職務しょくむ、仕事しごと、課題かだい。
  2. コンピューターで処理しょりされる仕事しごとの単位たんい。
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