献けん身しん

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献身する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	献けん身しんする	献けん身しんしない
Polite	献けん身しんします	献けん身しんしません
Past polite	献けん身しんしました	献けん身しんしませんでした
Past	献けん身しんした	献けん身しんしなかった
Te-form	献けん身しんして	献けん身しんしないで
Desire	献けん身しんしたい	献けん身しんしたくない
Potential	献けん身しんできる	献けん身しんできない
Passive	献けん身しんされる	献けん身しんされない
Causative	献けん身しんさせる	献けん身しんさせない
Causative passive	献けん身しんさせられる	献けん身しんさせられない
Volitional	献けん身しんしよう
Polite volitional	献けん身しんしましょう
Imperative	献けん身しんしろ	献けん身しんするな
Conditional	献けん身しんすれば	献けん身しんしなければ
Tara conditional	献けん身しんしたら	献けん身しんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

Refers to giving oneself wholeheartedly to a cause, person, or duty, often implying personal sacrifice. Commonly used with する to mean 'devote oneself'.

彼かれは科か学がくの発はっ展てんに献けん身しんした。
He devoted himself to the advancement of science.
看かん護ご師しの献けん身しん的てきな仕し事ごとに感かん謝しゃします。
I am grateful for the nurses' dedicated work.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉のために献けん身しんするto devote oneself for someone's sake
彼かれは家か族ぞくのために献けん身しんした。
He devoted himself for the sake of his family.
〈事こと〉に献けん身しんするto dedicate oneself to a cause or activity
彼かの女じょは医い療りょう活かつ動どうに献けん身しんしている。
She is devoted to medical work.

Kanji

献offering, counter for drinks, present
身somebody, person, one's station in life

Related words· 6

貢こう献けんN3
貢献 stresses making a useful contribution toward a larger goal or society with visible results, while 献身 stresses wholehearted, self-sacrificing devotion to a person or cause.
専せん念ねんN2
専念 means concentrating single-mindedly on one task, whereas 献身 carries a stronger sense of personal sacrifice for someone or something else.
犠ぎ牲せいN1
犠牲 focuses on the act of giving something up or suffering loss, while 献身 focuses on the ongoing, wholehearted act of dedicating oneself.
尽じん力りょく
尽力 means putting in one's best effort to help accomplish something, while 献身 implies a deeper, self-sacrificing devotion rather than just effort.

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奉ほう仕しN1
献身 emphasizes total personal devotion or sacrifice for a cause or person, while 奉仕 focuses more on the act of serving itself, which can be organized or communal.
尽つくすN2
献身する means to dedicate oneself devotedly to someone or something, similar to 尽くす in its sense of selfless service, but 献身する sounds more solemn and is often used for causes like family or duty.

Don't confuse with

献けん金きん
献金 shares the kanji 献 with 献身 but means a monetary donation, not personal devotion or self-sacrifice.
渾こん身しん
渾身 (whole-body effort in one action) is easily confused by sound with 献身 (けんしん, selfless devotion or sacrifice for others), but their meanings are unrelated.

Word family

献けん身しん的てき
devoted; self-sacrificing; dedicated

Etymology

From 献 (offer, dedicate) and 身 (body, self), literally 'offering one's body/self'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound conveys the idea of giving oneself entirely.