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一所懸命, いっしょけんめい
- isshokenmei
Definition
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- very hard
- with utmost effort
- with all one's might
- desperately
- frantically
- for dear life
- all-out effort
- sticking at living in and defending one place
Definition
- sticking at living in one place
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Examples of 一所懸命,いっしょけんめい in a Sentence
| 一所懸命になって彼はその木に登った。 | With great effort he climbed up the tree. |
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| 一所懸命働いて彼は成功した。 | Hard work has brought him success. |
| もし彼がもっと一所懸命に働いていたならば、彼は今では金持ちかもしれないのだが。 | If he had worked harder, he might be a rich man now. |
| あなたは一所懸命勉強しさえすればよい、そうすれば試験に合格するだろう。 | You have only to study hard, and you will pass the test. |
| 彼は一所懸命勉強した、そうでなかったら、試験に落ちていただろう。 | He worked hard; otherwise he would have failed in the examination. |
| 君は一所懸命勉強しさえすればよい、そうすれば試験に合格するでしょう。 | You have only to study hard, and you will pass the test. |
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