懸命 – Vocabulary details

懸けん命めい

Adjective (な)

Noun

1. eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

hang (figuratively)

continued existence

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んめい

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory

少しょう女じょは懸けん命めいに涙なみだを抑おさえた。

The girl tried hard to hold back her tears.

若わかい頃ころは懸けん命めいに働はたらけなければならなかった。

I had to work hard when I was young.

彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいするといけないので、懸けん命めいに勉べん強きょうした。

He studied hard so he wouldn't fail.

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