勤勉

きんべん

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun diligent; hard-working; industrious Antonym: 怠惰 (たいだ).

Kanji

• 勤 on duty. Read as キン.
• 勉 strive. Read as ベン.

Example sentences

• 君は彼女と比べて勤勉だ。
  Unlike her, you are diligent.
• 君たち学生は勤勉でなくてはならない。
  You students are supposed to be diligent.
• 勤勉は成功への道だ。
  Diligence is the way to success.
• 勤勉は成功の母。
  Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
• 勤勉な人は怠惰を軽蔑する。
  Industrious people look down on laziness.

Words containing 勤勉

• 勤勉家 (きんべんか) diligent worker

Word lists

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