心こころ掛がける

こころがける kokorogakeru

to bear in mind
to aim to do

ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

留心；努力做到

Examples

Furigana

私はいつでも真実を言うように心がけている。
I always try to tell the truth.
我一直努力说真话。
Tatoeba #161415
行ぎょう間かんを読よむように心こころがけてみよう。
Let's try to read between the lines.
试着留心理解言外之意吧。
Tatoeba #173345

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('38c615c6c4'); // 心掛ける

{
  "id": "38c615c6c4",
  "word": "心掛ける",
  "reading": "こころがける",
  "romaji": "kokorogakeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to bear in mind",
    "to aim to do"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1360610,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私はいつでも真実を言うように心がけている。",
      "en": "I always try to tell the truth.",
      "tatoeba_id": 161415
    },
    {
      "ja": "行間を読むように心がけてみよう。",
      "furigana": "{行間|ぎょうかん}を{読|よ}むように{心|こころ}がけてみよう。",
      "en": "Let's try to read between the lines.",
      "tatoeba_id": 173345
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "87d8115faae20aa557db8b4f4911638ce0c36be70f65aeed19367afefbee271f",
    "meanings": [
      "留心",
      "努力做到"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私はいつでも真実を言うように心がけている。",
        "zh": "我一直努力说真话。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "行間を読むように心がけてみよう。",
        "zh": "试着留心理解言外之意吧。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/38c615c6c4",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1360610; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "2ea1c20e5bb39af40aa963072c50c61206407a029706f3be46c6fdcd6bd97bbc",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}