Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, a teenager folds paper cranes with unwavering concentration, fingertips carefully forming the next precise crease. A large cluster of completed cranes and a shrinking stack of square paper reveal sustained effort.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ひたすら

hitasura

intently, single-mindedly

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはひたすら成功せいこうを望のぞんで懸命けんめいに働はたらく。

    He works hard because he is anxious to succeed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 先まずは憧あこがれの作家さっかの文章ぶんしょうの呼吸こきゅうをつかむためにひたすら筆写ひっしゃ、丸写まるうつしをする。

    First, in order to get a feel for your favourite author’s work, transcribe and copy in full.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. さらにまた、ＲＶ車しゃに乗のってアメリカ中じゅうをひたすら旅たびして、それまで忙いそがしすぎてみることのできなかった地域ちいきを見みて回まわる者ものもいる。

    Still others simply travel around America in recreational vehicles, seeing parts of the country they had been too busy to see before.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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