I Love Kanji生真面目 (kimajime)
生真面目 (きまじめ, kimajime) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “overserious; deeply sincere”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- きまじめ
- Romaji
- kimajime
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 生真面目
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 生真面目だ | きまじめだ kimajimeda |
| Present (polite) | 生真面目です | きまじめです kimajimedesu |
| Negative | 生真面目じゃない | きまじめじゃない kimajimejanai |
| Past | 生真面目だった | きまじめだった kimajimedatta |
| Negative past | 生真面目じゃなかった | きまじめじゃなかった kimajimejanakatta |
| Te-form | 生真面目で | きまじめで kimajimede |
| Before a noun | 生真面目な | きまじめな kimajimena |
| Adverb (~ni) | 生真面目に | きまじめに kimajimeni |
Kanji in 生真面目
生
life, genuine, birthセイ・ショウ・い.きる・い.かす · 5 strokes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 生真面目.
学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)生徒せいとpupil先生せんせいteacher誕生日たんじょうびbirthday留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student生まれるうまれるto be born生産せいさんproduction生活せいかつlife生きるいきるto live大学生だいがくせいuniversity student高校生こうこうせいsenior high school student一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard生なまraw芝生しばふlawn
Source: JMdict entry 1379150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.