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生真面目: overserious, deeply sincere, very earnest | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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生真面目

JLPT N1Vocabulary

生真面目(きまじめ)

きまじめ

overserious, deeply sincere, very earnest

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Reading and meaning Adjective forms Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: きまじめ
Romaji: kimajime
Meaning: overserious, deeply sincere, very earnest
Word type: na adjective

Adjective forms

Present: 生真面目(きまじめ)です
Present negative: 生真面目(きまじめ)ではありません
Past: 生真面目(きまじめ)でした
Past negative: 生真面目(きまじめ)ではありませんでした
Before a noun: 生真面目(きまじめ)な
Connective: 生真面目(きまじめ)で
Adverbial: 生真面目(きまじめ)に
Ba conditional: 生真面目(きまじめ)であれば
Nara conditional: 生真面目(きまじめ)なら
生真面目(きまじめ)ならば
Tara conditional: 生真面目(きまじめ)でしたら
Appearance: 生真面目(きまじめ)そうです
Change of state: 生真面目(きまじめ)になります
Excess: 生真面目(きまじめ)すぎます
Nominalized: 生真面目(きまじめ)さ

Present: 生真面目(きまじめ)だ
Present negative: 生真面目(きまじめ)じゃない
生真面目(きまじめ)ではない
Past: 生真面目(きまじめ)だった
Past negative: 生真面目(きまじめ)じゃなかった
生真面目(きまじめ)ではなかった
Before a noun: 生真面目(きまじめ)な
Connective: 生真面目(きまじめ)で
Adverbial: 生真面目(きまじめ)に
Ba conditional: 生真面目(きまじめ)であれば
Nara conditional: 生真面目(きまじめ)なら
生真面目(きまじめ)ならば
Tara conditional: 生真面目(きまじめ)だったら
Appearance: 生真面目(きまじめ)そうだ
Change of state: 生真面目(きまじめ)になる
Excess: 生真面目(きまじめ)すぎる
Nominalized: 生真面目(きまじめ)さ

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

彼(かれ)は生真面目(きまじめ)な性格(せいかく

)

ゆえ、

冗談(じょうだん)

も

真(ま)

に

受(う)

けてしまう。

Because of his overly earnest nature, he even takes jokes seriously.

生真面目(きまじめ)な彼女(かのじょ)は、規則(きそく)の例外(れいがい)を一切認(いっさいみと)めようとしない。

Being deeply earnest, she refuses to allow any exceptions to the rules.

生真面目(きまじめ)に仕事(しごと)へ取(と)り組(く)むあまり、休息(きゅうそく)を取(と)ることさえ忘(わす)れていた。

He was so earnest about his work that he even forgot to take breaks.

生真面目(きまじめ)な態度(たいど)が、かえって相手(あいて)を恐縮(きょうしゅく)させた。

His overly serious attitude actually made the other person feel uncomfortable.

Kanji in this lesson

生life, genuine, birthJLPT N5 真true, reality, Buddhist sectJLPT N4 面mask, face, features, surfaceJLPT N4 目eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favorJLPT N5

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