Word details

献身的

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 献身的.

Dictionary

Entry

献身的けんしんてき~な Adj.Freq #19451
1

devoted; self-sacrificing

Examples
キング牧師が献身的に力を尽くしたものすべてが水泡に帰したかのように思われた。
Everything Rev. Martin Luther King had worked so hard for seemed lost.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

献

offering, counter for drinks, present, offer

13 strokesFrequency 637JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ケンコン

Kun

たてまつ.る
身

somebody, person, one's station in life

7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

み
的

bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

8 strokesFrequency 105JLPT N2Grade 4

On

テキ

Kun

まと

Nanori

いくはゆくは

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