Illustration: In a modest Japanese apartment, a tired adult daughter kneels beside her elderly father’s bed and carefully helps him drink from a handled cup. Her own dinner sits untouched on a low table, and a folded futon beside the bed shows where she has been staying close through the night.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

献けん身しん

kenshin

devotion, dedication

Frequently appears as 献身的, meaning devoted. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 仕事場しごとばの管理者かんりしゃは、正確せいかくさ、効率性こうりつせい、献身けんしんを期待きたいする。

    Office managers expect accuracy, efficiency, and dedication.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはこんな献身けんしん的てきな妻つまを持もって幸しあわせだと思おもう。

    I count myself lucky to have such a devoted wife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょは献身けんしん的てきに病身びょうしんの父親ちちおやに仕つかえた。

    She waited on her sick father hand and foot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 献身

  • 献offering; counter for drinksOnケン・コンKunたてまつる
  • 身somebody; personOnシンKunみ

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store