Kanji1 / 12
勤 kanji
diligence, become employed, serve
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
キンゴン
Kun readings
つとめる-づとめつとまるいそしむ
Variant forms
勤Words with 勤
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —勤番taking turns on duty; being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka
- —勤恪faithful service
- —欠勤absence (from work)
- —兼勤additional post
- —再勤reappointment
- —内勤office work; desk work; indoor work
- —日勤day shift; day duty; day work; daily work; going to work every day
- —忠勤loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
- —精勤diligence; good attendance
- —在勤working (in, at, for); holding a post (at); serving (as)
- —超勤overtime (work)
- —昼勤day shift
- —勤学studying while working
- —退勤leaving work; clocking out
- —参勤going to serve one's lord; daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
- —連勤working consecutive days (without a holiday)
- —夕勤evening shift
- —痛勤miserable commute (caused by overcrowded trains)
- —勤続者man of long service
- —勤務員worker; employee