勤める
つとめる
hepburn tsutomeru
to be employed, to work for
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 銀行に勤めています。I work at a bank.
- 父は同じ会社に三十年勤めました。My father worked at the same company for thirty years.
Collocations
会社に勤める銀行に勤める長く勤める勤め先勤めている
Mnemonic
勤める tsutomeru — 勤 (diligence) + the ichidan ending める. It means "to be employed somewhere," taking the particle に: 会社に勤める, not 会社を. Compare 働く (hataraku), which is the act of working; 勤める stresses belonging to an employer.
Quick check
Which correctly says "to work at a company"?