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生真面目きまじめ

N1
きまじめ kimajime
  1. too serious
  2. person who is too serious
  3. honesty
  4. sincerity
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

认真;过于认真

Examples

  • 彼女はきまじめな気質である。
    She is a serious person.
    她性情非常认真。
  • 彼は生真面目に仕事をする。
    He works with great seriousness.
    他工作非常认真。
  • 生真面目な性格で冗談が苦手だ。
    She is so serious that she struggles with jokes.
    她性格过于认真,不擅长开玩笑。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9d306d1477'); // 生真面目
{
  "id": "9d306d1477",
  "word": "生真面目",
  "reading": "きまじめ",
  "romaji": "kimajime",
  "meanings": [
    "too serious",
    "person who is too serious",
    "honesty",
    "sincerity"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1379150,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女はきまじめな気質である。",
      "en": "She is a serious person.",
      "tatoeba_id": 92974
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は生真面目に仕事をする。",
      "en": "He works with great seriousness."
    },
    {
      "ja": "生真面目な性格で冗談が苦手だ。",
      "en": "She is so serious that she struggles with jokes."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "06f0aa558c102044d65379a1373a581f84a13dc58e0430bc1d7a8d16867ffa68",
    "meanings": [
      "认真",
      "过于认真"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女はきまじめな気質である。",
        "zh": "她性情非常认真。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は生真面目に仕事をする。",
        "zh": "他工作非常认真。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "生真面目な性格で冗談が苦手だ。",
        "zh": "她性格过于认真,不擅长开玩笑。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/9d306d1477",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1379150; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "59ef621d675214d87be920df88a6718a7dc5a1377a1d329d58c868562c5a11ef",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}