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努つとめる

N2
つとめる tsutomeru
  1. to strive
  2. to endeavor
  3. to make an effort
ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

努力;尽力

Chinese notes

努める表示努力;務める指担任职务,勤める指受雇工作。

Examples

  • お手て伝つだいさんたちは主しゅ人じんの命めい令れいを実じっ行こうしようと努つとめた。
    The servants tried to carry out their master's order.
    帮佣们努力执行主人的命令。
  • 彼かれは駅えきに早はやく着つくように努つとめた。
    He made an effort to get to the station early.
    他努力争取早到车站。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ad4ecf843d'); // 努める
{
  "id": "ad4ecf843d",
  "word": "努める",
  "reading": "つとめる",
  "romaji": "tsutomeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to strive",
    "to endeavor",
    "to make an effort"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1240820,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "お手伝いさんたちは主人の命令を実行しようと努めた。",
      "furigana": "お{手伝|てつだ}いさんたちは{主人|しゅじん}の{命令|めいれい}を{実行|じっこう}しようと{努|つと}めた。",
      "en": "The servants tried to carry out their master's order.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227053
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は駅に早く着くように努めた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{駅|えき}に{早|はや}く{着|つ}くように{努|つと}めた。",
      "en": "He made an effort to get to the station early.",
      "tatoeba_id": 109598
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "1131ac2fe07dcdc341113190de675358dd09960ef718dba464c66246000774db",
    "meanings": [
      "努力",
      "尽力"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "お手伝いさんたちは主人の命令を実行しようと努めた。",
        "zh": "帮佣们努力执行主人的命令。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は駅に早く着くように努めた。",
        "zh": "他努力争取早到车站。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/ad4ecf843d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1240820; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "努める表示努力;務める指担任职务,勤める指受雇工作。",
    "review_hash": "af2a9d7f1327e21f5336f33af4d4fb3c8573dd816b236e36ce696fe36f6f0428"
  }
}