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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

真しん剣けん

N3
しんけん shinken
  1. seriousness
  2. earnestness
な-adjective

Chinese meanings

认真;严肃

Examples

  • ジョージは勉べん強きょうに真しん剣けんでない。
    George is not serious about his study.
    乔治学习不认真。
  • 私わたしはその問もん題だいを真しん剣けんには考かんがえなかった。
    I didn't consider the subject seriously.
    我没有认真考虑那个问题。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df0df5a923'); // 真剣
{
  "id": "df0df5a923",
  "word": "真剣",
  "reading": "しんけん",
  "romaji": "shinken",
  "meanings": [
    "seriousness",
    "earnestness"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1363650,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ジョージは勉強に真剣でない。",
      "furigana": "ジョージは{勉強|べんきょう}に{真剣|しんけん}でない。",
      "en": "George is not serious about his study.",
      "tatoeba_id": 215635
    },
    {
      "ja": "私はその問題を真剣には考えなかった。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}はその{問題|もんだい}を{真剣|しんけん}には{考|かんが}えなかった。",
      "en": "I didn't consider the subject seriously.",
      "tatoeba_id": 159807
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "0ddce5f0ccaad0e0e69614c636fc649c72e2abce66334d0e1a5fab2b031a843c",
    "meanings": [
      "认真",
      "严肃"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ジョージは勉強に真剣でない。",
        "zh": "乔治学习不认真。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私はその問題を真剣には考えなかった。",
        "zh": "我没有认真考虑那个问题。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/df0df5a923",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1363650; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "30a607db32e0bda60a3f026217cb0291cb630573820093f290e0e0c3ca5c035c",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}