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

Related kanji

N2 効 kou / ki.ku, kikime, nara.u merit, efficacy, efficiency N3 勤 kin, gon / tsuto.meru, -zuto.me, tsuto.maru, iso.shimu diligence, become employed, serve N1 劾 gai censure, criminal investigation, censure N2 勢 sei, zei / ikio.i, hazumi forces, energy, military strength N3 労 rou / rou.suru, itawa.ru, ita.zuki, negira, tsuka.reru, negira.u labor, thank for, reward for N3 助 jo / tasu.keru, tasu.karu, su.keru, suke help, rescue, assist N1 勧 kan, ken / susu.meru persuade, recommend, advise N3 努 do / tsuto.meru toil, diligent, as much as possible N1 励 rei / hage.mu, hage.masu encourage, be diligent, inspire

Words with this kanji

N1 勤勉 kimben industry, diligence 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

Sentences with this kanji

N4 日本の歴史について勉強しています Nihon no rekishi ni tsuite benkyou shiteimasu I am studying about Japanese history N4 日本語を勉強しているうちに文化にも興味が出てきた Nihongo o benkyou shite iru uchi ni bunka ni mo kyoumi ga dete kita While studying Japanese I became interested in the culture too N4 彼はゲームしてばかりいて全然勉強しない Kare wa geemu shite bakari ite zenzen benkyou shinai He only plays games and does not study at all N5 日本語を勉強しながら音楽を聞きます。 Nihongo o benkyou shinagara ongaku o kikimasu. I study Japanese while listening to music. N4 勉強したのにテストは難しかった Benkyou shita noni tesuto wa muzukashikatta Although I studied the test was difficult N5 昨日は勉強しすぎました。 Kinou wa benkyou shi sugimashita. Yesterday I studied too much. N4 学生のとき、日本語を勉強しました。 Gakusei no toki, nihongo o benkyou shimashita. When I was a student, I studied Japanese. N5 日本語を上手になるために毎日勉強しています。 Nihongo o jouzu ni naru tame ni mainichi benkyou shiteimasu. I study every day to improve my Japanese. N5 音楽を聞きながら勉強します。 Ongaku o kiki nagara benkyou shimasu. I study while listening to music.