単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#3,301 most used

懸命

けんめい0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

with utmost effort; earnest

ITS KANJI

HOW IT SOUNDS

Formal

IN A SENTENCE

She ran as hard as she could.

written for Tangoya

MEANING

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

adjectival noun · noun

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 懸命 this one meaning.

SOUNDS THE SAME

件名subject; titleけんめい · not in tangoya
賢明wise; sensible; well-advisedけんめい · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#3,301 most used

Written懸命 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium