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#3,364
Common N3
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    duty; obligation; responsibility
    I never knew about such a duty.
  2. 2
    English · Wikipedia
    Duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a term that convey... More
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#33,523
Common
Pitch accent
きょ
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    compulsory education
    The scholar regards so-called compulsory education as useless.
  2. 2
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    Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all persons and is imposed by law. More
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#39,101

Inflections of 義務付ける

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
    Attendance is compulsory for all members.
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It should be noted that the duty continues after a notice of allowance is mailed and the issue fee is paid.
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Just because it's a "safe day" I'm not going to make out like monkeys without protection. Isn't it the duty of loving sex to take proper care of contraception?
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I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.
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