努めて
N1つとめて tsutomete
- as much as possible
- as far as possible
adverb
Chinese meanings
尽量;努力
Examples
- 水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さぬようにする。A bird flying out of the water is careful not to cause turbulence.鸟从水面起飞时,尽量不弄浑身后的水。
- 彼は努めて雇い主を満足させようとした。He was zealous in satisfying his employer.他努力让雇主满意。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f7acf9c5b4'); // 努めて
{
"id": "f7acf9c5b4",
"word": "努めて",
"reading": "つとめて",
"romaji": "tsutomete",
"meanings": [
"as much as possible",
"as far as possible"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1445110,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さぬようにする。",
"furigana": "{水面|すいめん}から{飛|と}び{立|た}つ{鳥|とり}は{努|つと}めてあとを{濁|にご}さぬようにする。",
"en": "A bird flying out of the water is careful not to cause turbulence.",
"tatoeba_id": 143624
},
{
"ja": "彼は努めて雇い主を満足させようとした。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{努|つと}めて{雇|やと}い{主|ぬし}を{満足|まんぞく}させようとした。",
"en": "He was zealous in satisfying his employer.",
"tatoeba_id": 101854
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "4b52b48bdb870cb767d968b868bf34b19040ece5d42bdbd2bfa9e15646cb8f5d",
"meanings": [
"尽量",
"努力"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "水面から飛び立つ鳥は努めてあとを濁さぬようにする。",
"zh": "鸟从水面起飞时,尽量不弄浑身后的水。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は努めて雇い主を満足させようとした。",
"zh": "他努力让雇主满意。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/f7acf9c5b4",
"JMdict ent_seq 1445110; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "02ac136a4e9f4dac25d10e82322e1e4f492606ceb3f23216f7ac830618a3eb3a"
}
}