がり勉

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word がり勉. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word がり勉, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say がり勉 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word がり勉 you have here. The definition of the word がり勉 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofがり勉, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勉
べん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
がり勉 (kyūjitai)
ガリ勉
我利勉

Pronunciation

Noun

がり勉(べん) • (gariben) 

  1. someone who studies very hard
  2. studying hard, swotting

Verb

がり勉(べん)する • (gariben suru) suru (stem がり勉(べん)し (gariben shi), past がり勉(べん)した (gariben shita))

  1. to study hard, to cram, to swot

Conjugation

Conjugation of "がり勉する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") がり勉し がりべんし gariben shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") がり勉し がりべんし gariben shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") がり勉する がりべんする gariben suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") がり勉する がりべんする gariben suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") がり勉すれ がりべんすれ gariben sure
Meireikei ("imperative") がり勉せよ¹
がり勉しろ² 		がりべんせよ¹
がりべんしろ² 		gariben seyo¹
gariben shiro²
Key constructions
Passive がり勉される がりべんされる gariben sareru
Causative がり勉させる
がり勉さす 		がりべんさせる
がりべんさす 		gariben saseru
gariben sasu
Potential がり勉できる がりべんできる gariben dekiru
Volitional がり勉しよう がりべんしよう gariben shiyō
Negative がり勉しない がりべんしない gariben shinai
Negative continuative がり勉せず がりべんせず gariben sezu
Formal がり勉します がりべんします gariben shimasu
Perfective がり勉した がりべんした gariben shita
Conjunctive がり勉して がりべんして gariben shite
Hypothetical conditional がり勉すれば がりべんすれば gariben sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia