勤しむ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勤
いそ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
勤しむ (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

勤(いそ)しむ • (isoshimu) intransitive godan (stem 勤(いそ)しみ (isoshimi), past 勤(いそ)しんだ (isoshinda))

  1. to do something diligently; to work hard

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勤しむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 勤しま いそしま isoshima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 勤しみ いそしみ isoshimi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 勤しむ いそしむ isoshimu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 勤しむ いそしむ isoshimu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 勤しめ いそしめ isoshime
Meireikei ("imperative") 勤しめ いそしめ isoshime
Key constructions
Passive 勤しまれる いそしまれる isoshimareru
Causative 勤しませる
勤します 		いそしませる
いそします 		isoshimaseru
isoshimasu
Potential 勤しめる いそしめる isoshimeru
Volitional 勤しもう いそしもう isoshimō
Negative 勤しまない いそしまない isoshimanai
Negative continuative 勤しまず いそしまず isoshimazu
Formal 勤しみます いそしみます isoshimimasu
Perfective 勤しんだ いそしんだ isoshinda
Conjunctive 勤しんで いそしんで isoshinde
Hypothetical conditional 勤しめば いそしめば isoshimeba

References

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