JLPT N4 vocabulary
一生懸命: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
いっしょうけんめい5Nakadaka · falls inside
na-adjective
Meaning
(adverb) (yojijukugo) very hard, with utmost effort, as hard as one can, with all one's might, for dear life, eagerly, desperately
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |
| Plain past過去形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |
| Polite presentです形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |
| Te-formて形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 一生懸命 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 一生懸命 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 一生懸命 | 一生懸命 |