Task

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 指 (Finger), less common than 屋 (Roof).

Midwinter, and the barbed spear is still driven through the shield and through the man holding it, the tassel snapping in the sleet.

In words

務めつとめ (1) service,duty,(2) Buddhist religious servicesN3

務めるつとめる (1) to serve,to fill a post,to serve under,to work (for)N2

義務ぎむ duty,obligation,responsibilityN3

務 is rank 167 of 2,608 in published Japanese.