励む
N1はげむ hagemu
- to be zealous
- to brace oneself
- to endeavour
- to strive
- to make an effort
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
努力;勤奋
Examples
- 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.请比以往更加努力学习。
- 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.他为了成为律师日夜努力学习。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2ea4ecdaab'); // 励む
{
"id": "2ea4ecdaab",
"word": "励む",
"reading": "はげむ",
"romaji": "hagemu",
"meanings": [
"to be zealous",
"to brace oneself",
"to endeavour",
"to strive",
"to make an effort"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5m",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1557390,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "今まで以上にいっそう勉強に励みなさい。",
"furigana": "{今|いま}まで{以上|いじょう}にいっそう{勉強|べんきょう}に{励|はげ}みなさい。",
"en": "You should study even more than before.",
"tatoeba_id": 172576
},
{
"ja": "彼は弁護士になるために日夜勉強に励んだ。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{弁護士|べんごし}になるために{日夜|にちや}{勉強|べんきょう}に{励|はげ}んだ。",
"en": "He studied day and night with a view to becoming a lawyer.",
"tatoeba_id": 100104
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9b221c337525562883aa8839433d698cfda17e05ff3c39aa837d2f43e286f103",
"meanings": [
"努力",
"勤奋"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "今まで以上にいっそう勉強に励みなさい。",
"zh": "请比以往更加努力学习。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は弁護士になるために日夜勉強に励んだ。",
"zh": "他为了成为律师日夜努力学习。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/2ea4ecdaab",
"JMdict ent_seq 1557390; 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": "3aef134f317b8f9ee2ac8f481bb955da4d48c9c1be9bfacb3b7d6ee7bb52827b"
}
}