task, duties
務 centers on work that must be done: a task, duty, or responsibility one is expected to carry out.
務 combines 矛 (a spear or weapon) with 夂 (a foot or action) and 力 (strength), suggesting forceful effort applied to a task. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the components together convey the idea of duties requiring exertion.
A spear (矛) and action (夂) plus strength (力) make 務: imagine a warrior's duty to wield a spear with effort, representing any task that must be done.
For ム, picture a cow mooing (ム) while pulling a heavy load, dutifully doing its task: moo -> ム.
office
business; work; operations; service; duties
service; duty; work
duty; obligation; responsibility
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
professional duties
financial affairs
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
judicial affairs
managing director; executive director
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty
obligation
tax office
official business; public business
duty; obligation
Ministry of Justice
taxation business
affairs of state
foreign affairs
government affairs
labor; labour; work; service
Department of State (US); State Department
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
performance of one's official duties
engineering; engineering works
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
internal or domestic affairs
serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of
school affairs; religious affairs
minister of state; cabinet minister (in Japan)
general affairs
commercial affairs
transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman
clerk; office worker; office staff
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
office (room)
secretariat; executive office
officials in charge
administrative; businesslike; practical
party business
office hours; business hours; working hours
Secretary of State
(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee
local government employee; local civil servant
commissioner
deputy minister; assistant minister
law office; law firm
General Affairs Bureau
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
compulsory education
finance official