懸命 (けんめい): eagerness, strenuous — Japanese vocabulary
懸命 is read けんめい and means "eagerness, strenuous". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
懸命
- Reading
- けんめい · kemmei
- Translation
- eagerness, strenuous
- Level
- JLPT N2
- Pitch accent
- けんめいが
Example
彼は懸命に勉強したが。たいして進歩しなかった。
かれはけんめいにべんきょうしたが。たいしてしんぽしなかった。
He worked very hard, but could make little progress.
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