Word details

奮闘

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 奮闘.

Dictionary

Entry

奮闘んとうNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #12567
1

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard

Examples
人々は貧困に向かって奮闘した。
People struggled against poverty.
2

hard fighting; fierce fighting

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

stirred up, be invigorated, flourish

16 strokesFrequency 1,521JLPT N1Grade 6

On

フン

Kun

ふる.う

fight, war

18 strokesFrequency 751JLPT N1Grade 8

On

トウ

Kun

たたか.うあらそ.う

Nanori

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