一所懸命

いっしょけんめい

• Adjective / Noun

  na-adjective, adverbial noun, common noun
  1. very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place.

     See also 一生懸命 .

  2. sticking at living in one place.