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

N5 私は三日勉強しました。 Watashi wa mikka benkyou shimashita. I studied for three days. N5 私は五日間日本語を勉強しました。 Watashi wa itsukakan nihongo o benkyou shimashita. I studied Japanese for five days. N5 私は毎週日本語を勉強します。 Watashi wa maishuu nihongo o benkyou shimasu. I study Japanese every week. N5 あなたはどのくらい勉強しますか。 Anata wa dono kurai benkyou shimasu ka. How long do you study? N5 私は一時間ぐらい勉強します。 Watashi wa ichijikan gurai benkyou shimasu. I study about one hour. N5 私は毎日少し日本語を勉強します。 Watashi wa mainichi sukoshi nihongo o benkyou shimasu. I study a little Japanese every day. N5 私はもっと勉強します。 Watashi wa motto benkyou shimasu. I will study more. N5 まだ勉強しています。 Mada benkyou shite imasu. I am still studying. N5 昼ご飯の後で勉強します。 Hirugohan no ato de benkyou shimasu. I study after lunch.