Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 10

勉

Meaning in English

exertion, endeavour, encourage

Readings

Onyomi: ベン Kunyomi: つと.める Romaji: ben / tsuto.meru

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勉

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese esforço, empenho, encorajamento

Spanish esfuerzo, empeño, aliento

Korean 노력, 애쓰다, 격려하다

French effort, tentative, encouragement

Italian sforzo, impegno, incoraggiamento

German Anstrengung, Bemühung, ermutigen

Indonesian upaya, usaha, mendorong

★ Vietnamese nỗ lực, cố gắng, khuyến khích

Thai ความพยายาม ความเพียร ความส่งเสริม

Kanji

Related kanji

N3 務 mu / tsuto.meru task, duties, tâche N4 動 dou / ugo.ku, ugo.kasu move, motion, change N2 勇 yuu / isa.mu courage, cheer up, be in high spirits N1 勘 kan intuition, perception, check N1 勃 botsu, hotsu / oko.ru, niwakani suddenness, rise, repentino N1 勁 kei / tsuyo.i strong, fuerte N1 勅 choku / imashi.meru, mikotonori imperial order, rescrit impérial, orden imperial N3 勝 shou / ka.tsu, -ga.chi, masa.ru, sugu.reru, katsu victory, win, prevail N2 募 bo / tsuno.ru recruit, campaign, gather (contributions)

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 勉強しています benkyou shite imasu am studying N5 勉強します benkyou shimasu study N5 勉強 benkyou study, learning

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 日本語を勉強し始めました。 Nihongo o benkyou shi hajimemashita. I started studying Japanese. N4 彼は三時間勉強し続けました Kare wa sanjikan benkyou shi tsuzukemashita He continued studying for three hours N4 仕事が忙しいのに、毎日日本語を勉強しているのはすごいね Shigoto ga isogashii noni, mainichi nihongo o benkyou shite iru no wa sugoi ne Even though work is busy, studying Japanese every day is impressive N4 昨日より少し涼しくなったから外で勉強してもいいかも Kinou yori sukoshi suzushiku natta kara soto de benkyou shite mo ii kamo Since it became cooler than yesterday maybe studying outside is good N4 忙しいからといって勉強しないわけにはいかないと思う Isogashii kara to itte benkyou shinai wake ni wa ikanai to omou Even if busy I think I cannot avoid studying N5 私は日本語を勉強したいです。 Watashi wa nihongo o benkyou shitai desu. I want to study Japanese. N5 私はもっと日本語を勉強したいです。 Watashi wa motto nihongo o benkyou shitai desu. I want to study more Japanese. N5 日本語を勉強しましょう。 Nihongo o benkyou shimashou. Let’s study Japanese. N5 今、日本語を勉強しています。 Ima nihongo o benkyou shite imasu. I am studying Japanese now.