Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
手忠實 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (te, hand) +‎ 忠実 (mame, hardworkingness).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

手忠実(てまめ) (temame-na (adnominal 手忠実(てまめ) (temame na), adverbial 手忠実(てまめ) (temame ni))

  1. diligent, industrious, skillful, dextrous

Inflection edit

Noun edit

手忠実(てまめ) (temame

  1. diligence, being industrious, skillfulness, dexterity

Usage notes edit

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as hiragana (hiragana).

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN