I Love Kanji真面目 (majime)
真面目 (まじめ, majime) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “serious; earnest”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まじめ
- Romaji
- majime
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- serious; earnest; sober; grave · な-adjective, noun
- honest; sincere · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 真面目
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 真面目だ | まじめだ majimeda |
| Present (polite) | 真面目です | まじめです majimedesu |
| Negative | 真面目じゃない | まじめじゃない majimejanai |
| Past | 真面目だった | まじめだった majimedatta |
| Negative past | 真面目じゃなかった | まじめじゃなかった majimejanakatta |
| Te-form | 真面目で | まじめで majimede |
| Before a noun | 真面目な | まじめな majimena |
| Adverb (~ni) | 真面目に | まじめに majimeni |
Kanji in 真面目
真
true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes面
mask, face, featuresメン・ベン・おも・おもて · 9 strokes目
eye, class, lookモク・ボク・め・-め · 5 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真面目.
写真しゃしんphotograph真剣しんけんserious真似まねimitating真理しんりtruth真っ赤まっかbright red真空しんくうvacuum真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark真っ黒まっくろpitch-black真っ青まっさおdeep blue真っ先まっさきthe head真っ白まっしろpure white真似るまねるto mimic真実しんじつtruth真珠しんじゅpearl
Source: JMdict entry 1364360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.