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公務

Reading

Kana: こうむ
Romaji: koumu
Kana
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Definition

1

official business; public business

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Readings: ム、 つと.める
Meanings: task, duties

Example Sentences

(わたし)公務員(こうむいん)です。
➥I'm a government worker.
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公務(こうむ)のために(おお)くの時間(じかん)がとられる。
➥My public duties take a lot of time.
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(かれ)は20(ねん)(まえ)大学(だいがく)卒業(そつぎょう)するとすぐに公務員(こうむいん)になった。
➥He entered civil service 20 years ago right after college.
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彼女(かのじょ)地方(ちほう)公務員(こうむいん)だ。
➥She is a local government officer.
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どういった時事(じじ)公務員(こうむいん)試験(しけん)出題(しゅつだい)されるのか。
➥What sort of current affairs appear in the civil service examination?
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公務員(こうむいん)秘密(ひみつ)()らして、秘密(ひみつ)漏洩罪(ろうせつざい)として(ばっ)せられた。
➥The public servant leaked the secret and he was prosecuted for revealing a state secret.
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