励む

はげむ · hagemu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to be zealous

💪 励 = encourage + power; むる = to strive: put your strength into it

励 means to encourage or spur on, and 励む means to push yourself hard. Think of working with full strength, like flexing a muscle (💪) to get something done.

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