努めて[つとめて] (tsutomete)

make an effort!, work hard!

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2
  • #296540 most frequent

Meaning

努めて (つとめて, tsutomete) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “make an effort!, work hard!”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

彼かれは 努つとめて 平静へいせいを 装よそおった

He tried as hard as he could to appear calm.

心と体のケアに努めています。

I try to maintain myself mentally and physically.

彼はそれを忘れようと努めている。

He is striving to forget that.

私は今努めている学校で五校目です。

The school that I am working at now is the fifth school.