業務|ぎょうむgyoumu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounbusiness; work; operations; service; duties
   乙おつが受託じゅたく業務ぎょうむの実施じっしにより得えた成果せいかは、甲乙こうおつ双方そうほうに帰属きぞくするものとする。↗

   Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.

• Synonym作業さぎょうNeutralConcrete, step-by-step operations, physical or mental, as in 「作業員」 or 「作業中」; 業務 leans toward professional work affairs at a company.
• Synonym仕事しごとNeutralThe most common, general word for work; 業務 is narrower, pointing to the formal business of a company or organization.
• Synonym職務しょくむNeutralThe duties attached to one's own post, as in 「職務質問」; it stresses the individual's position rather than 業務's organizational work.
• Synonym勤めつとめNeutralWorking at a job or one's duties, as in 「勤め先」; it centers on the individual's employment rather than a company's operations.
• Related任務にんむNeutralA task one has been assigned, as in 「任務を果たす」; it leans toward the sense of a mission.
• Related役やくNeutralCovers positions, roles and duties broadly, as in 「役を務める」; its range of senses is much wider than 業務.
• Related役目やくめNeutralA duty one is expected to fulfill, as in 「役目を果たす」; it stresses one's personal role rather than organizational work.
• Related任にんWrittenWritten, formal prose for a duty or burden one bears, as in 「任に当たる」; more solemn than 業務.
• Relatedお勤めおつとめFormalA formal, deferential way to speak of holding a job or going to work; it can also mean chanting sutras before a Buddha.
• Relatedお役目おやくめFormalA formal, deferential term for public duties or responsibilities; more honorific than 業務.
• Related職分しょくぶんWrittenWritten style for one's proper duty or station in life, now rare in modern use; 業務 refers to concrete professional work.
• Antonym私事しじNeutralPrivate, personal matters — the opposite of 業務 as official, work-related business.
• AntonymプライベートNeutralA loanword for one's private life, the opposite of work-related 業務.

Use 「業務」 for the daily professional work of a company or organization, as in 「業務内容」 or 「業務連絡」. For concrete operations say 「作業」, for work in general 「仕事」, for the duties of one's post 「職務」. 「任務」 is an assigned mission; 「役」 and 「役目」 are roles or duties; 「勤め」 is one's job. 「お勤め」 and 「お役目」 are formal, 「任」 and 「職分」 written style. The opposite is 「プライベート」 or 「私事」.

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1. 職業しょくぎょうとしてする仕事しごと。