いっしょけんめい

一 所 懸 命

  1. adverb (fukushi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    very hard, with utmost effort, as hard as one can, with all one's might, for dear life, eagerly, desperately
    yojijukugo

    • 一所懸命になって彼はその木に登った。
      With great effort he climbed up the tree.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
    historical term
    yojijukugo