励む[はげむ] (hagemu)
to be zealous, to brace oneself, to endeavour, to strive, to make an effort
- JLPT N1
- Godan verb
- Pitch 2
- #6749 most frequent
Meaning
励む (はげむ, hagemu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to be zealous, to brace oneself, to endeavour, to strive, to make an effort”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
彼は毎日仕事に励みました
Everyday he did his work diligently.
彼は勉強に励んでいる。
He is diligent in his study.
彼は著述に励んでいた。
He was fully occupied with his writing.
古画の模写の仕事に励む。
He devoted himself to the work of reproducing ancient paintings.
帰京後は、著作活動に励むようになる。
After his return to Kyoto, he began to devote himself to writing books.
今まで以上にいっそう勉強に励みなさい。
You should study even more than before.
みんなそれぞれ自分の仕事に励んでいた。
Everybody was going about his business.
彼は弁護士になるために日夜勉強に励んだ。
He studied day and night with a view to becoming a lawyer.
休養するどころかかえっていつもより仕事に励んだ。
Instead of taking a rest, he worked much harder than usual.
中央電信局(現日本電信電話）の購買部に勤務するかたわら夜学に励む。
He studied hard in the evening while he worked for the purchase department of Chuo Denshin Kyoku (present Central Telegraph Office) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, as of now).
ほそぼそとしたアクセスや、たまにくるメールなどに励まされ、ズルズルここまできてしまいました。
Encouraged by the continuing trickle of hits and the rarely arriving email I've somehow kept going till now.
しかし、アメリカ同様日本も中流階級の平均的収入の人々が圧倒的多数を占める国なので、妻たちはメイドを雇わず、自分で何もかもに励む。
However, like America, Japan is predominantly a middle-class, middle-income country, and so wives do not employ maids, but attend to everything themselves.
Conjugation table
励む (はげむ) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 励む はげむ | hagemu |
| Negative | 励まない はげまない | hagemanai |
| Past | 励んだ はげんだ | hagenda |
| Past negative | 励まなかった はげまなかった | hagemanakatta |
| Polite (ます) | 励みます はげみます | hagemimasu |
| Polite negative | 励みません はげみません | hagemimasen |
| Polite past | 励みました はげみました | hagemimashita |
| Polite past negative | 励みませんでした はげみませんでした | hagemimasendeshita |
| Te-form | 励んで はげんで | hagende |
| Conditional (ば) | 励めば はげめば | hagemeba |
| Conditional (たら) | 励んだら はげんだら | hagendara |
| Potential | 励める はげめる | hagemeru |
| Passive | 励まれる はげまれる | hagemareru |
| Causative | 励ませる はげませる | hagemaseru |
| Causative-passive | 励ませられる はげませられる | hagemaserareru |
| Volitional | 励もう はげもう | hagemou |
| Volitional polite | 励みましょう はげみましょう | hagemimashou |
| Imperative | 励め はげめ | hageme |
| Desire (たい) | 励みたい はげみたい | hagemitai |