職務|しょくむshokumu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounprofessional duties
   私が君きみの職務しょくむを引き継ひきつごう。↗

   I'll take over your duties.

• Synonym任務にんむNeutralAn assigned task or mission; stresses a specific job to carry out, while 「職務」 covers the duties that come with one's post.
• Synonym責務せきむWrittenDuties and obligations one is bound to fulfill; more abstract, while 「職務」 points to the work duties of a post. Formal prose.
• Synonym業務ぎょうむNeutralEveryday business or operations of a company etc.; 「職務」 stresses the duties attached to a post.
• Synonym勤めつとめNeutralWork or duty, common in everyday speech; 「職務」 is the more formal choice.
• Synonym任にんWrittenDuty or charge, as in 「任に当たる」; formal and abstract, while 「職務」 is more concrete.
• Synonym職分しょくぶんWrittenWritten/formal word for the duties proper to one's station; 「職務」 is the more common choice.
• Related本分ほんぶんNeutralOne's proper duty or part, e.g. what a student owes; 「職務」 is tied to one's official position.

Use 「職務」 for the duties attached to one's post, as in 「職務質問」 and 「職務怠慢」. For a specific assigned task say 「任務」; for day-to-day business 「業務」; for one's proper duty 「本分」; for obligations 「責務」.

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1. 受け持うけもっている仕事しごと・任務にんむ。