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Keyword
devotion to work
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1700
Old form勤
Readings
きん
(58%)
つと
(35%)
いそ
(5%)
Composed of
艹
blades of grass
口
mouth
龶
king with a hat
力
power
Used in kanji (1 in total)
懃
???
Used in vocabulary (145 in total)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
service; duty; work
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
142 more...
Examples (159 in total)
He began to work for that company last year.
My sister works in a bank as a secretary.
He works in the university.
She has an uncle who works in a bank.
My brother will start working at a bank next year.
My father works for a bank.
I work in a car company.
Women work on equal terms with men in this firm.
I'll be on duty this Sunday.
John works in neuromarketing.
I am a citizen of Chiba, but work in Tokyo.
We must try to conserve our natural resources.
"Please leave for work earlier than usual." "Understood."
He goes to work on foot every day except on rainy days.
Is it possible for you to come to the office an hour earlier than usual tomorrow?
My father works at the factory as an engineer.
She has been with a publishing company for two years.
Tom works at a hospital near here.
Tom worked at a hospital.
If you were to quit your job, what would you do?
My mother does her usual shopping on her way home from work.
I go to work every day.
The guard was on duty all night.
Who will host the party?
I have been working for this newspaper for 4 years.
Your sister is the most diligent of all my friends.
The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.
George is the most diligent boy in our class.
I think Tom is hardworking.
Tom is more hardworking than any other student in his class.
Tom is the most diligent student in class.
In general, Japanese are hardworking.
Generally speaking, the Japanese people are diligent.
Generally speaking, the Japanese are hard workers.
You can't succeed without hard work.
In the end, the diligent person succeeds.
There's no substitute for hard work.
Diligence is essential to success in life.
Diligence is the way to success.
You students are supposed to be diligent.
His success resulted from hard work.
He owes his success both to working hard and to good luck.
He is less diligent than his brother.
They say he is diligent.
He is diligent.
He is far from diligent.
Is he a hardworking student?
He is a diligent student. He studies three hours every day.
He isn't a diligent student.
He succeeded by virtue of diligence.
He is not so diligent as he used to be.
He attributed his success to hard work.
Though he's not clever, he's a diligent worker.
Their success has a lot to do with their diligence.
Her diligence is a good example to us all.
Her diligence is indeed worthy of praise.
She was such a hardworking girl that she made much progress in French.
No other boy in our class is more studious than Jack.
The Japanese are generally considered to be very industrious.
The Japanese are an industrious people.
We think the reason for his success was because of hard work.
I am not so diligent as my brother.
I praised him for his diligence.
Prosperity depends on hard work.
He is the more diligent of the two.
I work in a special unit.
He retired from the company after 30 years' service.
The company he used to work for went into bankruptcy last month.
Japan has an economy that is supported by hard-working company employees in big cities.
Your father works for a bank, doesn't he?
Who do you work for?
Which company do you work for?
Which newspaper do you work for?
He is neither diligent nor clever.
Tom commutes to work by bus.
Tom rides his bicycle to work every day.
Tom commutes to work by bicycle.
Does he go to work by bus?
He commutes to his office by bus.
He commutes from Yokohama to Tokyo by train.
He has sold his car, so he goes to the office by train.
My father doesn't always walk to work.
I go to work by car every day.
I have to commute all the way from a distant suburb.
I commute to work for an hour.
I commute to work by bicycle.
But I have to take night shifts twice a week.
Almost all the workers objected to working at night.
Tom works the night shift.
Mary works for a Canadian company.
My father serves in the Foreign Ministry.
My girlfriend works at a language school and loves it very much.
Diligence was the principal factor in his remarkable promotion.
The company rejected his request for a transfer.
His colleague was transferred to an overseas branch.
He was transferred to the head office in Tokyo.
Their colleague was transferred to an overseas branch.
While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.
When I reach retirement age in 1998, I will have worked for the college for thirty years.
His diligence and good conduct earned him the scholarship.
She was transferred from the head office to a branch office last month.
Where does he work?
Tom used to work for a big firm in Boston.
Tom works at a computer company in Boston.
Tom was transferred to the head office in Boston.
Hard work has made Japan what it is today.
I was off duty at the time.
Tom was sleeping during the working hours.
The policeman is on duty.
The policeman is now on duty.
I'm still on duty.
Mr. Joel is now on duty.
Mr. Smith is now on duty.
I'm on duty now.
Smoking on duty isn't allowed.
The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
He is on duty.
He had worked for the law firm for six years.
I am now on duty.
I'm on duty from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Policemen aren't permitted to drink on duty.
As far as I know, he's a diligent student.
Diligence may compensate for lack of experience.
Don't smoke while you are on duty.
You'd better not smoke while on duty.
Did Tom tell you anything about where he works?
Do you know where he works?
He gave me his office telephone number and address.
I work for a shipping company.
His son-in-law was transferred to an overseas branch.
He is not less diligent than she.
He was absent without leave.
Tom worked for a construction company in Boston.
I gradually grew accustomed to remote work and now find it pleasant.
It goes without saying that diligence is a key to success.
I'm working for a trading firm.
His brother works for a trading company.
I have a son, who works for a trading company.
My father works for a power company.
The train was late, but I still got to work on time.
My career in the government includes many overseas assignments.
She works for a large American corporation.
Tom was driving during rush hour.
I work for a travel agency.
He works for an advertising agency.
He works in a big city hospital.
He got a new job.
I hear he is looking for work.
She is employed in a trading company.
I work for an oil company.
Tom rides his electric bicycle to work every day.
The trains were jammed with commuters.
Nowadays, commuters take traffic jams for granted.
I'm working from home today.
Ever since I started working from home, I've felt much healthier.
He served as the pilot of the ship.
The workers' demands centered around overtime pay.
I'm tired of working a nine-to-five job.
He works for a consulting firm.