勉強

See also: 勉强

Chinese

exhort
 
strength; force; power; powerful; better
trad. (勉強) 勉 強
simp. (勉强) 勉 强

Pronunciation

Adjective

勉強

  1. forced; inadequate; grudging; reluctant

Adverb

勉強

  1. reluctantly; in a forced manner; grudgingly

Verb

勉強

  1. to force somebody to do something
  2. to make do; to do with difficulty

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勉 強
べん
Grade: 3		 きょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 勉強.

Pronunciation

Noun

勉強 (hiragana べんきょう, rōmaji benkyō, historical hiragana べんきやう)

  1. studying, studies, study
    成績 (せいせき)のためだけの勉 (べん)強 (きょう)
    seiseki no tame dake no benkyō
    studying for the sole purpose of getting good grades
    ここは部活 (ぶかつ)などよりも勉 (べん)強 (きょう)に熱 (ねっ)心 (しん)な学 (がっ)校 (こう)だ。
    Koko wa bukatsu nado yori mo benkyō ni nesshin na gakkō da.
    This high school is more serious about studies than clubs or sports.

Verb

勉強する (hiragana べんきょうする, rōmaji benkyō suru, historical hiragana べんきやうする)

  1. to study
    英 (えい)語 (ご)を勉 (べん)強 (きょう)する
    eigo o benkyō suru
    to study English
  2. to discount, to reduce the price of something
    勉 (べん)強 (きょう)させてもらいます。
    Benkyō sasete moraimasu.
    Let me discount / I'll give you a discount.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 勉 (べん)強 (きょう)家 (か) (benkyōka): a studious person

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
勉強

Adverb

勉強

  1. Hán tự form of miễn cưỡng, “reluctant”
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