勉強

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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勉強

  1. forced; inadequate; grudging; reluctant
  2. passable; barely acceptable

Synonyms

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  • (passable):
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Adverb

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勉強

  1. reluctantly; in a forced manner; grudgingly

Verb

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勉強

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

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (勉強):
  • Japanese: (べん)(きょう) (benkyō, study)
  • Vietnamese: miễn cưỡng (勉強)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
べん
Grade: 3
きょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
勉強 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sinitic 勉強勉强.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(べん)(きょう) (benkyōべんきやう (benkyau)?

  1. studying, studies, study
    成績(せいせき)ためだけ勉強(べんきょう)
    seiseki no tame dake no benkyō
    studying for the sole purpose of getting good grades
    ここ部活(ぶかつ)などよりも勉強(べんきょう)熱心(ねっしん)学校(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 or sports.

Verb

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(べん)(きょう)する (benkyō suruべんきやう (benkyau)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem (べん)(きょう) (benkyō shi), past (べん)(きょう)した (benkyō shita))

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 べん‐きょう[‥キャウ] 【勉強】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adverb

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勉強

  1. chữ Hán form of miễn cưỡng (reluctantly).

Adjective

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勉強

  1. chữ Hán form of miễn cưỡng (reluctant).