Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
Kanji used
truth
surface
eye
Pitch accent
じめ
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
deadly serious; deadly earnest
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
Examples (8 in total)
Don't take it too seriously.
She is an earnest student.
He is being earnest today.
Why are you laughing? I'm trying to be serious here...
My personality is not at all serious!
Take things a little more seriously.
Tom is the most diligent student in his class.
They just had a very serious conversation.