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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 tsutome
    つとめ

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Diligence
diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance
(personal name) Tsutome
vīrya, energy, zeal, fortitude, virility; intp. also as 精進 one of the pāramitās.

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ēn
    en1
en
 megumu
    めぐむ

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Grace
favor; grace; kindness
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude; (given name) Megumu
Grace, favour.


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    ye4
yeh
 hajime
    はじめ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

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    fa3
fa
 minori
    みのり

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Dharma / The Law
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori
Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵.

現役


现役

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xiàn yì
    xian4 yi4
hsien i
 geneki
    げんえき

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Active Duty
(military) active duty
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) active duty; active service; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (often as 現役で) (See 浪人・ろうにん・3) student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

義理


义理

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yì lǐ
    yi4 li3
i li
 yoshimasa
    よしまさ

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Giri
doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa
reason

職責


职责

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zhí zé
    zhi2 ze2
chih tse
 shokuseki
    しょくせき

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Duty / Responsibility / Obligation
duty; responsibility; obligation
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work

責任


责任

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zé rèn
    ze2 ren4
tse jen
 sekinin
    せきにん

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Responsibility
responsibility; blame; duty; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); (2) liability; onus

重擔


重担

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zhòng dàn
    zhong4 dan4
chung tan
 jūtan

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Great Responsibility
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
heavy load

守土有責


守土有责

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shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
    shou3 tu3 you3 ze2
shou t`u yu tse
    shou tu yu tse

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Duty to Defend and Protect Country
duty to defend the country (idiom)

義無反顧


义无反顾

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yì wú fǎn gù
    yi4 wu2 fan3 gu4
i wu fan ku

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No Surrender
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back; no surrender; to pursue justice with no second thoughts

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rèn
    ren4
jen
 makoto
    まこと
to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility; (given name) Makoto
Bear, endure, let; office; it is used to connote laisser-faire; one of the 四病, as 任運 implies laisser-aller; it is intp. by let things follow their own course, or by 自然 naturally, without intervention.


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    xi4
hsi
 kakarizaki
    かかりざき
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)
(suffix) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; (1) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; (2) (linguistics terminology) connection; linking; (surname) Kakarizaki
Connect, bind, involve; is, are.

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zhí
    zhi2
chih
 chi
value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
to meet

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bào
    bao4
pao
on night duty

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dōu
    dou1
tou
 kabuto
    かぶと
pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)
helmet (of armor, armour); headpiece; (place-name, surname) Kabuto
Helmet, hood; pocket, bag; translit. tu.

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fèn
    fen4
fen
 wake
    わけ
part; share; ingredient; component
(n,n-suf) (1) part; portion; share; (suffix noun) (2) amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for); (3) one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position; (4) one's duty; one's part; (5) condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate"); (n,adv) (6) in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree; (suffix noun) (7) content (e.g. alcohol); percentage; (suffix noun) (8) (See 兄貴分・2) equivalent to (e.g. an old brother); (surname) Wake
To divide. separate; a fractional part: a share: a duty.

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    yi4
i
 mamoru
    まもる
forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
(1) role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service; (2) position (of responsibility); post; office; (3) part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character; (4) {mahj;cards;hanaf} scoring combination; hand; yaku; meld; (given name) Mamoru

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    ti4
t`i
    ti
 yasushi
    やすし
to do one's duty as a younger brother
(1) respect for one's elders; (2) harmony among siblings; (given name) Yasushi
obedient

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káng
    kang2
k`ang
    kang
to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)


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guà
    gua4
kua
 kake
    かけ
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
(suf,adj-no) (1) -clad; (2) (kana only) in the midst of; (3) tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); (4) times (i.e. multiplied by); (5) able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.); (suffix) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; (1) (abbreviation) credit; (2) money owed on an account; bill; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) hot noodles in broth; (n,n-suf) (4) proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); (suffix) (5) in the midst of; (6) rest; rack; hanger; (surname) Kake
To hang, suspend.

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jiē
    jie1
chieh
 setsu
to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
To receive, take; join on; graft.

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tuī
    tui1
t`ui
    tui
 sui
to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
To push away, recede from, decline, resign, push, put, put of; investigate.


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lǎn
    lan3
lan
 ran
to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
To seize, hold in the arms, embrace; monopolize.


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guī
    gui1
kuei
 ki
to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
Return to, give oneself up to; commit oneself to, surrender; cf. 三歸 śaraṇa-gamana.


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gāng
    gang1
kang
 tsunashi
    つなし
head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
(1) rope; cord; line; (2) {sumo} grand champion's braided belt; (given name) Tsunashi
A net rope, bond, social nexus, constant obligation, the restraints of society.

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zuì
    zui4
tsui
 tsumi
    つみ
guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion; (2) penalty; sentence; punishment; (3) fault; responsibility; culpability; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) thoughtlessness; lack of consideration
That which is blameworthy and brings about bad karma; entangled in the net of wrong-doing; sin, crime.


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zhí
    zhi2
chih
 shoku(p); soku(ok)
    しょく(P); そく(ok)
office; duty
(n,n-suf) (1) job; work; employment; occupation; position; (n,n-suf) (2) duties; (n,n-suf) (3) trade; skill
To record, oversee, direct; office, official duty.

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    he4
ho
 hasu
    はす
to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
(1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (personal name) Hasu
A small-leaved water-lily, a marshmallow; to carry bear.


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chòng
    chong4
ch`ung
    chung
 katsuhiro
    かつひろ
powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of
(1) important point (e.g. on a route); (2) important role (responsibility, etc.); (3) {astron} (See 合・ごう・4) opposition; (personal name) Katsuhiro


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    ze2
tse
 seki
    せき
duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
(See 責任・1) responsibility; duty; obligation; (given name) Seki
to upbraid


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dài
    dai4
tai
 kashi
    かし
to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) loan; lending; (2) favor; favour; debt; obligation; (3) (abbreviation) creditor; method of lending; credit side

HD

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 eichi dii; eichidii(sk); ecchidii(sk) / echi di; echidi(sk); ecchidi(sk)
    エイチ・ディー; エイチディー(sk); エッチディー(sk)
(1) HD; high definition; (2) {comp} hard disk; (3) {med} (See 血液透析) hemodialysis; (can be adjective with の) (4) heavy-duty; (suffix noun) (5) (in a company name) (See ホールディングス) Holdings

一分

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yī fēn
    yi1 fen1
i fen
 ichiwake
    いちわけ
duty; honor; honour; (surname) Ichiwake
partial

一存

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 kazumasa
    かずまさ
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility); (given name) Kazumasa

丁種

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 teishu / teshu
    ていしゅ
being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical); person who is unfit for military duty

上夜

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shàng yè
    shang4 ye4
shang yeh
to be on night duty

上崗


上岗

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shàng gǎng
    shang4 gang3
shang kang
to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job

上班

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shàng bān
    shang4 ban1
shang pan
to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

上番

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 kanban
    かんばん
(n,vs,vi) being on duty; (place-name) Kanban

下崗


下岗

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xià gǎng
    xia4 gang3
hsia kang
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off

下番

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 shimoban
    しもばん
(n,vs,vi) going off duty; (place-name) Shimoban

串崗


串岗

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chuàn gǎng
    chuan4 gang3
ch`uan kang
    chuan kang
to leave one's post while on duty

事權


事权

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shì quán
    shi4 quan2
shih ch`üan
    shih chüan
position; authority; responsibility

二修

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èr xiū
    er4 xiu1
erh hsiu
 niś hu
Two kinds of devotion or practice, 專修 and 雜修 sole or single-minded, and miscellaneous or varied, defined as (1) chief or sole duty, and (2) aids thereto or adjunctive observances. Also 緣修 causative devotion of a bodhisattva in former life, and 眞修 its actual manifestation here.

二天

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èr tiān
    er4 tian1
erh t`ien
    erh tien
 niten
    にてん
(place-name) Niten
The two devas. (1) 日天 and 月天Sun-deva and Moon-deva. (2) 同生天A deva born simultaneously with the individual and 同名天 a deva with the same name as the individual; both devas have the duty of watching over the individual. (3) 梵天 and 帝釋天 Brahma and Indra.

交由

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jiāo yóu
    jiao1 you2
chiao yu
to hand over (responsibility for something) to (sb); to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)

仁義


仁义

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rén yi
    ren2 yi5
jen i
 miyoshi
    みよし
affable and even-tempered
(1) humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; (2) duty; (3) (perhaps derived from 辞儀) (See 辞儀・じんぎ・1,仁義を切る) formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (4) (gang's) moral code; (male given name) Miyoshi
humaneness and rightness

仔肩

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zī jiān
    zi1 jian1
tzu chien
to bear responsibility for something

仕切

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 shikiri
    しきり
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) partition; division; boundary; compartment; (2) settlement of accounts; (3) (sumo) preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; (4) directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for; (surname) Shikiri

代償


代偿

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dài cháng
    dai4 chang2
tai ch`ang
    tai chang
 daishou / daisho
    だいしょう
(medical) compensation; to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
(1) compensation; reparation; indemnification; (2) price (of achieving a goal); cost; (3) paying compensation on someone's behalf; (4) {biol} compensation; (5) {psych} compensation; substitution

任務


任务

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rèn wu
    ren4 wu5
jen wu
 ninmu
    にんむ
mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
duty; function; office; mission; task; role

使命

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shǐ mìng
    shi3 ming4
shih ming
 shimei / shime
    しめい
mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
(1) mission; errand; (2) task; duty; obligation

係り

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 kakari
    かかり
(1) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; (2) (linguistics terminology) connection; linking

保任

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bǎo rén
    bao3 ren2
pao jen
 hōnin
duty

倒換


倒换

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dǎo huàn
    dao3 huan4
tao huan
to take turns; to rotate (responsibility)

倒替

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dǎo tì
    dao3 ti4
tao t`i
    tao ti
to take turns (responsibility); to replace

值夜

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zhí yè
    zhi2 ye4
chih yeh
on night duty

值守

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zhí shǒu
    zhi2 shou3
chih shou
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things; to keep watch

值宿

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zhí sù
    zhi2 su4
chih su
on night duty

值日

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zhí rì
    zhi2 ri4
chih jih
on day duty

值星

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zhí xīng
    zhi2 xing1
chih hsing
(of army officers) to be on duty for the week

值班

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zhí bān
    zhi2 ban1
chih pan
to work a shift; on duty

偷安

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tōu ān
    tou1 an1
t`ou an
    tou an
to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking

債務


债务

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zhài wù
    zhai4 wu4
chai wu
 saimu
    さいむ
debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
(ant: 債権) debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

免稅


免税

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miǎn shuì
    mian3 shui4
mien shui
not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc); tax free; duty free (shop)
See: 免税

免税

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 menzei / menze
    めんぜい
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) tax exemption; duty exemption

免責


免责

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miǎn zé
    mian3 ze2
mien tse
 menseki
    めんせき
exemption from responsibility
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) exemption from responsibility; disclaimer

全責


全责

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quán zé
    quan2 ze2
ch`üan tse
    chüan tse
full responsibility

冠る

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 kamuru
    かむる
    kaburu
    かぶる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); (2) (kana only) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; (3) (kana only) to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); (4) to overlap (e.g. sound or color); (5) to be similar; to be redundant; (v5r,vi) (6) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); (7) to close; to come to an end; (8) to get a full house; to sell out; (9) (archaism) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (10) (archaism) to be deceived

出仕

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chū shì
    chu1 shi4
ch`u shih
    chu shih
 shusshi
    しゅっし
to take up an official post
(n,vs,vi) entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty

分內


分内

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fèn nèi
    fen4 nei4
fen nei
within one's area of responsibility

分外

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fèn wài
    fen4 wai4
fen wai
 bungai
    ぶんがい
exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
(noun or adjectival noun) not within proper limits; excessive; unmerited; special
to be beyond one's limitations

分掌

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 bunshou / bunsho
    ぶんしょう
(noun, transitive verb) division of duties; taking charge of (one's allotted duty); handling one's share of (the work); sharing (duties)

分擔


分担

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fēn dān
    fen1 dan1
fen tan
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
See: 分担

劇務

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 gekimu
    げきむ
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

務め

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 tsutome
    つとめ
(1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services

勤め

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 tsutome
    つとめ
(1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services

勤務


勤务

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qín wù
    qin2 wu4
ch`in wu
    chin wu
 kinmu
    きんむ
service; duties; an orderly (military)
(n,vs,vi) service; duty; work

勤番

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 kinban
    きんばん
(n,vs,vi) (1) taking turns on duty; (n,vs,vi) (2) (hist) being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka

包乾


包干

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bāo gān
    bao1 gan1
pao kan
to have the full responsibility of a job; allocated task

包攬


包揽

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bāo lǎn
    bao1 lan3
pao lan
to monopolize; to take on responsibility over everything; to undertake the whole task

卸責


卸责

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xiè zé
    xie4 ze2
hsieh tse
to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others; (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)

厄介

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 yakkai
    やっかい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)

厚恩

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 kouon / koon
    こうおん
great favor; great favour; obligation

同罪

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 douzai / dozai
    どうざい
(1) same crime; (2) being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility

名分

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míng fèn
    ming2 fen4
ming fen
 myoubun / myobun
    みょうぶん
a person's status
(1) moral duty; moral obligations; (2) justification; pretext; just cause; (place-name) Myōbun

名義


名义

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míng yì
    ming2 yi4
ming i
 meigi / megi
    めいぎ
name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose
(1) name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); (2) (See 名分・1) moral duty; (3) justification; pretext
Name and meaning; the meaning of a name, or term.

唱禮


唱礼

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chàng lǐ
    chang4 li3
ch`ang li
    chang li
 shōrai
To announce the ceremonial duty.

囑累


嘱累

see styles
zhǔ lěi
    zhu3 lei3
chu lei
 shokurui
To entrust to, lay responsibility upon.

坐班

see styles
zuò bān
    zuo4 ban1
tso pan
to work office hours; on duty

埋單


埋单

see styles
mái dān
    mai2 dan1
mai tan
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility

執勤


执勤

see styles
zhí qín
    zhi2 qin2
chih ch`in
    chih chin
to be on duty (of a security guard etc)

報到


报到

see styles
bào dào
    bao4 dao4
pao tao
to report for duty; to check in; to register

塞く

see styles
 fusagu
    ふさぐ
(transitive verb) (1) to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth); (transitive verb) (2) to stand in the way; to obstruct; (transitive verb) (3) to occupy; to fill up; to take up; (transitive verb) (4) to perform one's role; to do one's duty; (v5g,vi) (5) (See 鬱ぐ・ふさぐ) to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope

塞責


塞责

see styles
sè zé
    se4 ze2
se tse
to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility

壅ぐ

see styles
 fusagu
    ふさぐ
(transitive verb) (1) to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth); (2) to stand in the way; to obstruct; (3) to occupy; to fill up; to take up; (4) to perform one's role; to do one's duty; (Godan verb with "gu" ending) (5) to feel depressed; to mope

外勤

see styles
wài qín
    wai4 qin2
wai ch`in
    wai chin
 gaikin
    がいきん
work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork; field personnel; fieldworker
(n,vs,vi) (See 内勤) working away from the office; working outside the office; outside duty

夜直

see styles
 yachoku
    やちょく
night duty; night shift

大任

see styles
 ootou / ooto
    おおとう
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility; (place-name) Ootou

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

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