真剣

Kana: しんけん

serious; solemn

Example sentence

彼はいつも真剣な顔をしています。

かれはいつもしんけんなかおをしています。

He always has a serious face.

What 真剣 means

真剣 (しんけん) is a Japanese word meaning “serious; solemn”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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