Illustration: On a narrow apartment balcony, a resident is carefully fitting one last small planter into the only remaining usable gap among thriving vegetables.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

努つとめて

tsutomete

as much as possible

An adverb, not a command. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは努つとめて雇やとい主ぬしを満足まんぞくさせようとした。
He was zealous in satisfying his employer.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
人質ひとじちにとられながら、彼かれは努つとめて勇敢ゆうかんに振ふる舞まった。
He tried to brave it out while held as a hostage.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
努つとめて英語えいごで話はなす
to speak in English as much as possible
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 努

努toil; diligentOnドKunつとめる

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