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真面目

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

真面目 — “serious, diligent, earnest”

真面目 (read まじめ) means serious, diligent, earnest. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a な-adjective.

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まじめ

Meaning

serious, diligent, earnest

真面目 in a sentence

彼かれはとても真面目まじめな学生がくせいです。

He is a very serious student.

The kanji in 真面目

真true; exactly, genuine
面face; side
目eye

Words that share a kanji with 真面目

写真しゃしん— a picture; a photograph
真ん中まんなか— middle, dead center
真剣しんけん— serious, earnest
真っ赤まっか— bright red, deep red
真似まね— imitation, mimicry
真似るまねる— to imitate, to mimic, to copy
真空しんくう— vacuum
真っ暗まっくら— pitch-dark

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