まじめ
serious, earnest, hardworking
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Examples
彼はまじめな学生です。
かれはまじめながくせいです。
He is a hardworking student.
サムは仕事に関してまじめです。
サムはしごとにかんしてまじめです。
Sam is serious about his work.
もっとまじめに勉強しなさい。
もっとまじめにべんきょうしなさい。
Study more seriously.
Common patterns
- まじめな人
- an earnest person
- まじめに働く
- to work diligently
- まじめな話
- a serious talk / seriously though
Memory tip
A compliment, not a complaint: sincere and diligent, not humourless. Written 真面目. まじめな話 at the start of a sentence means "joking aside".
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