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一所懸命

いっしょけんめいisshokenmei

adverb · na-adjective · noun

  1. very hard
  2. with utmost effort
  3. as hard as one can
  4. with all one's might
  5. for dear life
  6. eagerly
  7. desperately
  8. (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences