真剣しんけん (shinken)

seriousness,earnestness

  • JLPT N3
  • adjectival noun
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  • #2454 most frequent
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Meaning

真剣 (しんけん, shinken) is a JLPT N3 adjectival noun meaning “seriousness,earnestness”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

かれ真剣しんけんはなしいていました。

He was listening attentively to the story.

真剣にメモを取る荒井刑事に待ったをかけ、私は運転手に笑いかけた。

I told Detective Arai to stop seriously taking notes, and I laughed at the driver.

どんなに短い作文でも、他の人に読まれ、コメントがつくとあっては、書く時の真剣味が増す。

No matter how short your composition is, if it is read by others and they make comments, it makes you think more seriously when you write.

真剣しんけんにやってよね。