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
- N2出勤Populargoing to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
- N2通勤Popularcommuting to work
- N1勤勉Populardiligent; hard-working; industrious
- N1勤務Popularservice; duty; work
- N1勤労Popularlabor; labour; exertion; diligent service
- N1転勤Popularjob transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
- —勤続Popularcontinuous service
- —夜勤Popularnight duty; night shift; night work
- —常勤Popularfull-time employment
- —勤労者Popularworker
- —非常勤Popularpart-time work
- —勤務時間Popularoffice hours; business hours; working hours
- —過勤overtime work
- —皆勤perfect attendance
- —外勤working away from the office; working outside the office; outside duty
- —勤王loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
- —勤苦toil and hardship
- —勤倹industry; diligence; frugality
- —勤惰diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)
- —勤怠diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)