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まめまめしい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	まめまめしい	まめまめしくない
Polite	まめまめしいです	まめまめしくないですalso まめまめしくありません
Past polite	まめまめしかったです	まめまめしくなかったですalso まめまめしくありませんでした
Past	まめまめしかった	まめまめしくなかった
Te-form	まめまめしくて	まめまめしくなくて
Adverbial	まめまめしく
Conditional	まめまめしければ	まめまめしくなければ
Tara conditional	まめまめしかったら	まめまめしくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

diligent; hardworking; conscientious

usually written using kana alone

Describes a person who works steadily and carefully, paying attention to detail. Often implies a sincere, earnest attitude.

彼かの女じょはまめまめしく家か事じをこなす。
She diligently does the housework.
まめまめしい性せい格かくなので、仕し事ごとを任まかせやすい。
Because of his conscientious nature, it's easy to entrust work to him.

Kanji

忠loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
実reality, truth, seed

Related words

まめ
まめ is a na-adjective or noun with a similar meaning of 'diligent' or 'hardworking', but まめまめしい is an i-adjective that emphasizes the steady, painstaking quality more strongly.
勤きん勉べん
勤勉 is a more formal, often academic term for 'diligent' or 'industrious', while まめまめしい has a warmer, more personal nuance of earnest attentiveness.

Written forms

まめまめしいUsage100%
Usually written in kana. The kanji form 忠実忠実しい is rare and may be confusing.
忠実まめ忠実まめしい
Rare kanji spelling; the repetition of 忠実 is unusual and not commonly used.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective まめ (diligent, healthy) with the adjectival suffix ～しい, which adds a sense of 'seeming' or 'having the quality of'. The exact historical development is uncertain.