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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

努つとめて

N1
つとめて tsutomete
  1. as much as possible
  2. as far as possible
adverb

Chinese meanings

尽量;努力

Examples

  • 水すい面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。
    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。
  • 彼かれは努つとめて雇やとい主ぬしを満まん足ぞくさせようとした。
    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"
  }
}