一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい): very hard (as in "to work hard"), with utmost effort — Japanese vocabulary
一生懸命 is read いっしょうけんめい and means "very hard (as in "to work hard"), with utmost effort". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
一生懸命
- Reading
- いっしょうけんめい · isshoukemmei
- Translation
- very hard (as in "to work hard"), with utmost effort
- Level
- JLPT N4
- Pitch accent
- いっしょうけんめいが
Example
毎日一生懸命働いています。
まいにちいっしょうけんめいはたらいています。
I work hard every day.
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