"努める" meaning in Japanese

See 努める in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [t͡sɨto̞me̞ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|つとめる|tr=trans|type=2}} 努(つと)める • (tsutomeru) transitive ichidan (stem 努(つと)め (tsutome), past 努(つと)めた (tsutometa)) Forms: 努める [canonical] (ruby: (つと)), tsutomeru [romanization], 努め [stem] (ruby: (つと)), 努めた [past] (ruby: (つと)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 努め [error-unrecognized-form], つとめ [error-unrecognized-form], tsutome [error-unrecognized-form], 努める [error-unrecognized-form], つとめる [error-unrecognized-form], tsutomeru [error-unrecognized-form], 努めれ [error-unrecognized-form], つとめれ [error-unrecognized-form], tsutomere [error-unrecognized-form], 努めよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 努めろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], つとめよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], つとめろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], tsutomeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], tsutomero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 努められる [passive], つとめられる [passive], tsutomerareru [passive], 努めさせる [causative], 努めさす [causative], つとめさせる [causative], つとめさす [causative], tsutomesaseru [causative], tsutomesasu [causative], 努められる [potential], 努めれる [colloquial, potential], つとめられる [potential], つとめれる [colloquial, potential], tsutomerareru [potential], tsutomereru [colloquial, potential], 努めよう [volitional], つとめよう [volitional], tsutomeyō [volitional], 努めない [negative], 努めぬ [negative], 努めん [negative], つとめない [negative], つとめぬ [negative], つとめん [negative], tsutomenai [negative], tsutomenu [negative], tsutomen [negative], 努めず [continuative, negative], つとめず [continuative, negative], tsutomezu [continuative, negative], 努めます [formal], つとめます [formal], tsutomemasu [formal], 努めた [perfective], つとめた [perfective], tsutometa [perfective], 努めて [conjunctive], つとめて [conjunctive], tsutomete [conjunctive], 努めれば [conditional, hypothetical], つとめれば [conditional, hypothetical], tsutomereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. endeavor, strive for, make an effort
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "努",
          "つと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努め",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "努",
          "つと"
        ]
      ],
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "努",
          "つと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutome",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努める",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutometa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "つとめる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "努(つと)める • (tsutomeru) transitive ichidan (stem 努(つと)め (tsutome), past 努(つと)めた (tsutometa))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "endeavor, strive for, make an effort"
      ],
      "id": "en-努める-ja-verb-527lstvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ],
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "make an effort",
          "make an effort"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つとめる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨto̞me̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "努める"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "努める",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "努",
          "つと"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努め",
      "roman": "tsutome",
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        [
          "努",
          "つと"
        ]
      ],
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        "stem"
      ]
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          "努",
          "つと"
        ]
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ja-ichi",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "努め",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutome",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努める",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutometa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "努めれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つとめれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsutomereba",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "努(つと)める • (tsutomeru) transitive ichidan (stem 努(つと)め (tsutome), past 努(つと)めた (tsutometa))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese transitive verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "endeavor, strive for, make an effort"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ],
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "make an effort",
          "make an effort"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つとめる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨto̞me̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "努める"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 努める meaning in Japanese (6.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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