Japanese English Dictionary

日本語, にほんご - English

勤務 in English:

1. service


high-quality service
We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
Service economy is a useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity.
In the United States, 20 million new jobs have been created during the past two decades, most of them in the service sector.
Tomorrow, the car needs to go to the garage for a big service. It'll probably set me back a couple of hundred euros.
The food was nice, but the service wasn't very good. Thank you for your service. (Dziękuję za twoje usługi.)
GNP is measured as the total market value of all the goods and service produced by a nation during a specified period.
Service industries include communication, transportation, distribution, finance and a host of other areas which do not involve production of goods.
A base service performed for a person of very high degree may become a very honorific office; as for instance the office of a Maid of Honor or of a Lady in Waiting to the Queen, or the King's Master of the Horse or his Keeper of the Hounds.
Difference between Facebook and Twitter is, Twitter is a microblogging service.
During the Stalinist era, prisoners at concentration camps became slaves in service of the state.
Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.

2. Work


The radio doesn't work.
Mother Teresa used the prize money for her work in India and around the world.
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
I always work alone. I'm just not a team player.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
Japanese office workers work very hard.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, it'll take a lot of work.
Exhausted from a day's work, he went to bed much earlier than usual.
I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.
People who regularly work in the open air do not suffer from sleeplessness.
After a hard day's work, a man can do with a good, hot meal.
I wonder if Tom has ever considered cycling to work.
Tom brings his children with him to work once or twice a year.
The committee stayed up late last night trying to work out measures that would please everyone.
It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.