Meaning of 努力 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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努力JLPT 3
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Kana Readingどりょく
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Romajidoryoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort
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Example Sentences
努力, どりょく used in context
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I want to work from the taxpayers' point of view.
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蓮くんは察しは良い様だけど、もう少し心の機微というものを理解出来る様に努力するべきじゃないかしら。
You're considerate, but don't you think you should work a little more at understanding the subtleties of the human mind?
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What I want from Mr Hayashi is the effort required for his actions to live up to his words.
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His success is attributed more to hard work than to genius.
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Years of effort came to nothing.
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I tried to get good marks.
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Kanji found in this word
power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
On: リョク, リキ, リイ
Kun: ちから
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