► 形容動詞
懸命 [けんめい] meaning: focus rank: 2
☆ 懸命の救助作業にも関わらず生存者はいなかった ⇨ There was no survivors despite the intense rescue work
懸命 [けんめい] meaning: hard rank: 2
☆ 駅まで懸命に走ったが電車に乗り遅れた ⇨ I ran to the station as hard as I could but still missed the train
More examples:
- 彼女は子供の学力を伸ばすことに懸命だ ⇨ She is focusing on improving her child’s school performance
- 彼は仕事をするより上司に取り入ることに一生懸命だ ⇨ He spends more energy on brown-nosing his boss than getting his work done
- 一生懸命勉強したので日本語の力が付いて来た ⇨ I’ve studied hard and my Japanese has really improved
- 彼は子供達のために一生懸命働いている ⇨ He is working hard for (the better lives of) his children
- 懸命に調査したが、本当の事は到頭分からなかった ⇨ We investigated the best we could, but never found out the truth in the end
- 彼が一生懸命育てて来た事業 ⇨ The business he has been working hard to grow
- 一生懸命頑張ります ⇨ I will do my very best
- 一生懸命練習したらぐんと力がついた ⇨ I practiced hard and my skills have improved significantly
- 彼は事業を育てることに懸命だ ⇨ He is working hard to grow his business