Keyword
try hard
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig2129
Old form勉
Readings
べん
(99%)
Composed of
power
be exempt
Mnemonic

Those that have power are exempt from needing to try hard.

Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
study group; study meeting
Examples (200 in total)
There must have been time spent studying here.
It's just that I don't study.
I was just studying.
You're going to teach them their schoolwork?
I learned to cook by studying on my own.
Then, shall we study magic instead?
I'm starting to lose track of who is teaching whom.
I'm not good at studying!
There are even study supplies, you know.
Let's study hard in the afternoon as well.
Studying ten hours a day? That's insane.
But would my study method be of any use?
What study methods are you using?
I will study cameras properly and do my best to take good photos.
Didn't you just study the other day?
Come to think of it, maybe I should take notes when studying after all.
If you prioritize studying, you tend to end up like that.
An older girl from the neighborhood helped me study.
At university I plan to focus solely on studying.
I studied English for ten years, but it never came to anything.
I'm studying Japanese.
Your studying paid off.
Were you studying programming?
I thought I'd focus on my own studies for the first time in a while, but...
I want to study at a specialized school.
It's all club activities, and my studies are being neglected.
So, have you started putting more effort into your studies too?
Alongside studying, I had begun to take out and read various picture books.
I feel like I am studying more than I did during the internal exam period last year.
I'm putting the books you gave me to good use in my studies.
I used to study and read a lot.
Elections are important, but daily study is also important.
I've pulled myself together, and I'm finally resuming my studies.
I studied while fighting off sleepiness.
That night, I had him help me with my studies as usual.
I get paid properly, and I can study politics for free.
It is the usual study time.
After finishing the soccer match, it is now time to switch to studying.
She devotes all her time outside her part-time job to studying and always keeps her grades at the top.
You must devote yourself to your studies.
She does not neglect her studies even while she is absent from school.
I ended up staying up all night, even though it wasn't for studying for a test.
I sleep and study here almost every day.
It is educational and also serves as a reference.
Over summer vacation, I studied hard every day.
Did they start studying using software?
He tries to cut off the conversation and immerse himself in his studies.
We were studying together at the beginning of this month, right?
This kind of study is very welcome.
I thought I was better at studying than other people.
This program is educational for adults too.
This is really educational.
I think it is educational.
It's an educational anime.
There is a book that is fun and educational.
I learned something too.
You're not falling behind in your studies?
I'm worried about falling behind in my studies.
It was just like a child who had studied in order to be praised by the teacher.
But I don't have the motivation to attend university and study.
While raising children, my mother is also studying at university.
I cut back on sleep to study.
I'll do my best not to disturb your studying.
Do you enjoy studying?
When do you study?
You need to study more.
Are you studying?
You don't have to study.
Will you study tomorrow?
When did you study yesterday?
I'll study a lot.
I always study hard.
I can't study with you watching me.
Study here.
I come here to study.
Where does this girl study?
If it were not for this book, I couldn't study.
I'll study harder from now on.
I haven't studied that much!
Why are you studying?
Where did you study?
Why do you study?
If you don't study harder, you'll definitely fail.
You have to study more.
You should have studied harder.
All the boys in class worked hard.
What does a Sovietologist study?
I'm studying now.
Next time, please teach me how to study.
I don't want to study today.
I'd rather study than play today.
Can we play now and study afterward?
I don't know what to study.
The teacher told me to study harder.
I like to study.
I'm going to my room, so I can study.
I was tired from studying.
I came here to study.
I'll study after I come home.
I don't like studying.
You can study here.
You must study more.
My sister has been studying in her room since this morning.
Is the school work hard?
He has no room to study in.
He is always studying.
He has been studying for two hours.
Is he studying now?
He didn't study at all.
He preferred studying at night.
He went to school to study yesterday.
He started to study in earnest.
He is too tired to study.
She told him to study.
Tomorrow, I'll study.
He told his mother that he would study the next day.
I'll study tomorrow.
I had to study yesterday.
I studied yesterday.
I didn't study at all yesterday.
Did you study yesterday?
My mother told me not to study so much.
My father helped me study.
Is there something in particular that you want to study?
I'm studying very hard.
We need to study more.
We go to school because we want to learn.
We go to school to study.
Don't interfere with my studying.
My sister isn't studying now.
When my father came home, I was studying.
I was not studying then.
I am not studying now.
I am studying now.
I didn't study at all.
I don't like studying all that much.
I am studying.
Do I have to study?
I must study.
I need to study.
I study at school.
I told them to study harder.
I will have to study tomorrow.
I didn't have to study yesterday.
Could you please be quiet? I'm trying to study.
This room is too hot to study in. I can't stand it any more.
Do you study every day?
Why do you study every day?
I decided to study every day.
I hate studying.
You should study harder.
There is no point in studying if you are feeling tired.
It is very important to think for yourself and to study.
He does not study hard enough.
If you are to succeed, you must start studying now.
I'm trying to study, but I can't concentrate.
He concentrated on his studies.
Don't look out the window, focus on your studies.
His brother studies very hard.
My brother studies as hard as I do.
You don't need to study today.
He regrets having neglected his studies in his school days.
My head is about to explode from too much study!
We're studying.
Kids go to school to study.
The students studying over there are my friends.
Those students work hard, don't they?
Because you're a student, you should study.
I was used to studying when I was a student.
Students are supposed to study hard.
He studies hardest of all the students.
I like studying history.
Did you study hard in high school?
I don't want to study tonight.
What do you want to study at college?
Are you still in college?
He studies history at college.
He's studying history at university.
They're studying to get into college.
I want to study Japan's history at university.
I go to bed after I study.
I plan to study this afternoon after I get home.
They study in the afternoon.
Stop watching TV and start studying.
I don't have to study tonight. I think I'll watch television for a while.
I was supposed to be studying, but I watched TV instead.
He watches television before studying.
I study after I watch television.
I watch television before I study.
You must study your whole life.
We study music.
I came to this country for the purpose of studying music.
If you don't study, you'll fail the exam.
I failed the test because I didn't study.
He failed the exam because he didn't study.
My son is busy studying for the examinations tomorrow.
I failed the exam because I didn't study.
Autumn is suitable for study, compared with spring.
Fall is when we can study best.
It's up to you whether you study or not.