懸命 (けんめい)eager; earnest; strenuous
- eager; earnest; strenuousadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 懸命
- 懸State Of Suspension; Hang; DependRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 命Fate; Command; DecreeRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 懸念けねんworry; fear
- 一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard; with utmost effort
- 懸案けんあんpending question; unresolved problem
- 懸賞けんしょうoffering a prize; prize competition
- 命懸けいのちがけputting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on)
- 懸かるかかるto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
- 懸け離れるかけはなれるto be very far apart from; to be remote
- 懸垂けんすいpull-up (exercise); chin-up
- 革命かくめいrevolution
- 生命せいめいlife; existence
- 命いのちlife; life force
- 命令めいれいorder; command
- 亡命ぼうめいflight from one's country; seeking asylum
- 使命しめいmission; errand
- 運命うんめいfate; destiny
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