JLPT N1 · な-adjective

勤勉 (kinben)

勤勉 (きんべん, kinben) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “diligent; hard-working”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きんべん
Romaji: kinben
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

diligent; hard-working; industrious · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

トムはいまや以前にもまして勤勉に働いている。

Tom works more diligently now.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 勤勉

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	勤勉だ	きんべんだ kinbenda
Present (polite)	勤勉です	きんべんです kinbendesu
Negative	勤勉じゃない	きんべんじゃない kinbenjanai
Past	勤勉だった	きんべんだった kinbendatta
Negative past	勤勉じゃなかった	きんべんじゃなかった kinbenjanakatta
Te-form	勤勉で	きんべんで kinbende
Before a noun	勤勉な	きんべんな kinbenna
Adverb (~ni)	勤勉に	きんべんに kinbenni

Kanji in 勤勉

勤

diligence, become employed, serveキン・ゴン・つと.める・-づと.め · 12 strokes

勉

exertion, endeavour, encourageベン・つと.める · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 勤勉.

勤めるつとめるto work (for, at, in)通勤つうきんcommuting to work勤めつとめservice出勤しゅっきんgoing to work勤務きんむservice勤労きんろうlabor転勤てんきんjob transfer勤め先つとめさきplace of work勉強べんきょうstudy

Source: JMdict entry 1241060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.