JLPT N2 · Verb

努める (tsutomeru)

努める (つとめる, tsutomeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to endeavor (to do); to endeavour”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つとめる
Romaji: tsutomeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

お手伝いさんたちは主人の命令を実行しようと努めた。

The servants tried to carry out their master's order.

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Conjugation of 努める

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	努める	つとめる tsutomeru
Polite (~masu)	努めます	つとめます tsutomemasu
Negative	努めない	つとめない tsutomenai
Polite negative	努めません	つとめません tsutomemasen
Past	努めた	つとめた tsutometa
Polite past	努めました	つとめました tsutomemashita
Negative past	努めなかった	つとめなかった tsutomenakatta
Te-form	努めて	つとめて tsutomete
Potential	努められる	つとめられる tsutomerareru
Passive	努められる	つとめられる tsutomerareru
Causative	努めさせる	つとめさせる tsutomesaseru
Volitional	努めよう	つとめよう tsutomeyou
Imperative	努めろ	つとめろ tsutomero
Conditional (~ba)	努めれば	つとめれば tsutomereba

Kanji in 努める

努

toil, diligent, as much as possibleド・つと.める · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 努める.

努力どりょくeffort努めてつとめてas much as possible

Source: JMdict entry 1240820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.