Illustration: At a pottery lesson in a Japanese community workshop, a beginner leans eagerly toward the instructor’s hands as a lump of clay becomes a bowl. Their own station holds several uneven attempts, and both sleeves are rolled up above clay-covered forearms.

JLPT N4na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

熱ねっ心しん

nesshin

enthusiastic, eager

Example sentences

彼かれはテニスに熱心ねっしんだ。
He is enthusiastic about tennis.
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彼かれは科学かがくに熱心ねっしんだ。
He is keen on science.
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彼かれはサッカーに熱心ねっしんだ。
He is keen on soccer.
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Kanji in 熱心

熱heat; feverOnネツKunあつい
心heart; mindOnシンKunこころ

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