| term | pronunciation | English |
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| 公務 | こうむ | official business, public business |
| 務め | つとめ | (1) service, duty, (2) Buddhist religious service |
| 務める | つとめる | (1) to serve, to fill a post, to serve under |
| 事務員 | じむいん | secretary |
| 公務員 | こうむいん | a public servant, a government employee |
| 事務所 | じむしょ | office |
| 事務 | じむ | business, office work |
| 事務取扱い | じむとりあつかい | acting director |
| 事務局 | じむきょく | secretariat, executive office |
| 事務机 | じむづくえ | clerical desk |
| 事務次官 | じむじかん | permanent vice-president, undersecretary, vice-minister |
| 任務 | にんむ | duty, function, office, mission, task |
| 債務 | さいむ | debt, liabilities |
| 兼務 | けんむ | additional post |
| 刑務所 | けいむしょ | prison, penitentiary |
| 勤務 | きんむ | service, duty, work |
| 勤務実績 | きんむじっせき | service record |
| 双務契約 | そうむけいやく | bilateral agreement |
| 国務大臣 | こくむだいじん | Minister of State |
| 国務長官 | こくむちょうかん | Secretary of State |
| 執務 | しつむ | performance of one's official duties |
| 外務 | がいむ | foreign affairs |
| 外務省 | がいむしょう | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 専務 | せんむ | managing director, special duty, conductor |
| 常務 | じょうむ | managing director; routine business, regular business |
| 庶務 | しょむ | general affairs |
| 庶務課 | しょむか | general affairs section |
| 弁務官 | べんむかん | commissioner |
| 役務賠償 | えきむばいしょう | reparation in the form of service |
| 扶養義務 | ふようぎむ | duty to support (a person) |
| 政務次官 | せいむじかん | parliamentary vice-minister |
| 業務 | ぎょうむ | business, affairs, duties, work, procedure, task, action, function |
| 業務提携 | ぎょうむていけい | business partnership |
| 法律事務所 | ほうりつじむしょ | law office, law firm |
| 福祉事務所 | ふくしじむしょ | welfare office, social security office |
| 税務署 | ぜいむしょ | tax office |
| 総務 | そうむ | general business (affairs), manager, director, adjutant general (mil) |
| 義務 | ぎむ | duty, obligation, responsibility |
| 財務 | ざいむ | financial affairs |
| 責務 | せきむ | duty, obligation |