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Kanji Detail for 勉 - "diligent, strive, effort"
勉
- Meaning
勉 means "diligent, strive, effort."
Diligent - Working hard with dedication; applying oneself earnestly.
Strive - To make great effort toward a goal; to endeavor persistently.
Encourage - To inspire and motivate; to give support.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
exertion; endeavour; encourage; strive; make effort; diligent
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
endeavor, make effort; urge
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to exhort; to make an effort
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to endeavor, to make an effort; to urge
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To exert all one's strength. Such as 勉為其難 (do something difficult with effort). | To encourage others to exert themselves. Such as 勉勵 (encourage).
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Sentences including 勉
I didn't study at all yesterday.
It will pay you to study hard.
Don't look out the window. concentrate on your work.
She has to study science.
How often do you study english at school?
Fall is when we can study best.
I studied for a while this morning.
I am going to study english this afternoon.
I was not studying then.
Tom does anything but study.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
「先生はなぜああやって、宅で考えたり勉強したりなさるだけで、世の中へ出て仕事をなさらないんでしょう」「あの人は駄目ですよ」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あの目眩るしい東京の下宿の二階で、遠く走る電車の音を耳にしながら、頁を一枚一枚にまくって行く方が、気に張りがあって心持よく勉強ができた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は熱心に勉強し、愉快に遊んだ後、休みには帰れると思うその故郷の家をよく夢に見ました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それがために大切な勉強の時間を潰される事も何度となくありました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は大抵むずかしい書物を机の前に開けて、それを見詰めていましたから、傍で見たらさぞ勉強家のように見えたのでしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そうして向うの室の前へ行って、こっちから「ご勉強ですか」と聞くのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
彼の座敷は本堂のすぐ傍の狭い室でしたが、彼はそこで自分の思う通りに勉強ができたのを喜んでいるらしく見えました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
彼は今まで通り勉強の手をちっとも緩めずに、新しい荷を背負って猛進したのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が避暑地へ行って涼しい所で勉強した方が、身体のためだと主張すると、それなら私一人行ったらよかろうというのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は妻から何のために勉強するのかという質問をたびたび受けました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は熱心に勉強し、愉快に遊んだ後、休みには帰れると思うその故郷の家をよく夢に見ました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha