(はげ)

はげむ
verb (godan, intransitive)
to devote oneself to, to work hard at
自動詞 intransitiveaction
See also: (はげ)ます (transitive: to encourage)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(はげ)(はげ)まない
Present polite(はげ)みます(はげ)みません
Past(はげ)んだ(はげ)まなかった
Past polite(はげ)みました(はげ)みませんでした
て form(はげ)んで(はげ)まなくて
ている present(はげ)んでいる(はげ)んでいない
ている polite(はげ)んでいます(はげ)んでいません
ている past(はげ)んでいた(はげ)んでいなかった
ている past polite(はげ)んでいました(はげ)んでいませんでした
Conditional ば(はげ)めば(はげ)まなければ
Conditional たら(はげ)んだら(はげ)まなかったら
Volitional(はげ)もう
Volitional polite(はげ)みましょう
Potential(はげ)める(はげ)めない
Passive(はげ)まれる(はげ)まれない
Causative(はげ)ませる(はげ)ませない
Imperative(はげ)(はげ)むな
1. to devote oneself to, to work hard at, to strive
To apply oneself diligently to a task or pursuit. Takes に to mark the activity one is devoted to.
勉強(べんきょう)(はげ)む。
To devote oneself to studying.
She works hard at practice every day.
The athletes work hard at training every day, aiming for the championship.

Godan verb (む row: (はげ)む → (はげ)まない → (はげ)んで). Takes the pattern ~(はげ)む (to devote oneself to ~). The activity one works on is marked with .

Not to be confused with the transitive form (はげ)ます (to encourage someone).

Common collocations