一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい): meaning and examples
Key takeaways
一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい) means with utmost effort / very hard.
See example sentences below.
Japanese word 一生懸命: with utmost effort / very hard. Meanings and example sentences.
一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい) means with utmost effort / very hard.
See example sentences below.
with utmost effort / very hard
彼は一生懸命勉強しています。
Translation
He is studying very hard.
仕事を一生懸命がんばった。
Translation
I did my best at work.
Kanji 懸: state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
Kanji 懸: meanings, readings, and example words.
Kanji 命: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Kanji 命: meanings, readings, and example words.
Kanji 生: life, genuine, birth
Kanji 生: meanings, readings, and example words.
Kanji 一: one, one radical (no.1)
Kanji 一: meanings, readings, and example words.