努めて (つとめて): make an effort!, work hard! — Japanese vocabulary
努めて is read つとめて and means "make an effort!, work hard!". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
努めて
- Reading
- つとめて · tsutomete
- Translation
- make an effort!, work hard!
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- つとめてが
Example
水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さぬようにする。
すいめんからとびたつとりはつとめてあとをにごさぬようにする。
A bird flying out of the water is careful not to cause turbulence.
Kanji in this word
- 努 — effort
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