勉強
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 勉 | 強 |
Etymology [edit]
From Sinitic 勉強.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
勉強 (hiragana べんきょう, romaji benkyō, historical hiragana べんきゃう)
- studying, studies, study
- 成績のためだけの勉強
- せいせきのためだけのべんきょう
Seiseki no tame dake no benkyō - study for the sole purpose of getting good grades
- せいせきのためだけのべんきょう
- ここは部活などよりも勉強に熱心な学校だ。
- ここはぶかつなどよりもべんきょうにねっしんながっこうだ。
Koko wa bukatsu nado yori mo benkyō ni nesshin na gakkō da. - This high school is more serious about studies than clubs and sports.
- ここはぶかつなどよりもべんきょうにねっしんながっこうだ。
- 成績のためだけの勉強
Verb [edit]
勉強 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana べんきょうする, romaji benkyō suru, historical hiragana べんきゃうする)
- to study
- to discount, to reduce the price of something
- 勉強させてもらいます。
- べんきょうさせてもらいます。
Benkyō sasete moraimasu. - I'll give you a discount.
- べんきょうさせてもらいます。
- 勉強させてもらいます。
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of "勉強する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 勉強し | べんきょうし | benkyō shi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuative (連用形) | 勉強し | べんきょうし | benkyō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 勉強する | べんきょうする | benkyō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 勉強する | べんきょうする | benkyō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 勉強すれ | べんきょうすれ | benkyō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 勉強せよ¹ 勉強しろ² |
べんきょうせよ¹ べんきょうしろ² |
benkyō seyo¹ benkyō shiro² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 勉強される | べんきょうされる | benkyō sareru |
| Causative | 勉強させる 勉強さす |
べんきょうさせる べんきょうさす |
benkyō saseru benkyō sasu |
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| Potential | 勉強できる | べんきょうできる | benkyō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 勉強しよう | べんきょうしよう | benkyō shiyō | |
| Negative | 勉強しない | べんきょうしない | benkyō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 勉強せず | べんきょうせず | benkyō sezu | |
| Formal | 勉強します | べんきょうします | benkyō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 勉強した | べんきょうした | benkyō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 勉強して | べんきょうして | benkyō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 勉強すれば | べんきょうすれば | benkyō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
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Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. | 勉强 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 勉強 | |
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
勉強 (traditional, Pinyin miǎnqiǎng or miǎnqiáng, simplified 勉强)
Adverb [edit]
勉強 (traditional, Pinyin miǎnqiǎng or miǎnqiáng, simplified 勉强)
- (Intermediate Mandarin) reluctantly; in a forced manner
Verb [edit]
勉強 (traditional, Pinyin miǎnqiǎng or miǎnqiáng, simplified 勉强)
- (Intermediate Mandarin) to force somebody to do something
References [edit]
- 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
- 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
Vietnamese [edit]
| Hán tự in this word | |||||||
| 勉 | 強 | ||||||
Adverb [edit]
勉強
- Hán form of miễn cưỡng, "reluctant"
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