努めない
tsutomenai
make efforts — plain negative
N2
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Example sentence
時間がないので努めない。
じかん が ない ので つとめない。
jikan ga nai node tsutomenai.
I do not make efforts because there is no time.
Usage note
Form of 努める (to make efforts).