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勤勉 (きんべん): industry, diligence — Japanese vocabulary

勤勉 is read きんべん and means "industry, diligence". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

勤勉

Reading
きんべん · kimben
Translation
industry, diligence
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
きんべんが

Example

彼の成功は勤勉と幸運のおかげである。

かれのせいこうはきんべんとこううんのおかげである。

He owes his success both to working hard and to good luck.

Kanji in this word

  • 勤 — work, serve
  • 勉 — study, effort

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