しょ

adverb, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. very hard, with utmost effort, as hard as one can, with all one's might, for dear life, eagerly, desperately.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
一生懸命 いっしょうけんめい
しょ
 
 
 
 
一生けんめい いっしょうけんめい
しょ
 
 
一生けん命 いっしょうけんめい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
state of suspension, hang, depend
か.ける ケン ケ (9th, N1)
county, district, subdivision
ケン か.ける あがた (Kentei 1)
prefecture
ケン がた か.ける (3rd, N2)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
lineage, system
ケイ (6th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
fate, command, decree
メイ いのち ミョウ (3rd, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
strike, beat, kow tow
たた.く はた.く コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ わりふ (Kentei 1)