努

Meaning

努 centers on putting in effort: toiling, being diligent, and doing as much as possible. It's about applying force to achieve something.

• 努力どりょく
  N3

  effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

• 努めるつとめる
  N2

  to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to devote oneself; to be committed (to doing)

• 努ど

  third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; downward stroke

• 努ゆめ

  never; by no means

• 努努ゆめゆめ

  certainly; absolutely

• 努めてつとめて
  N1

  as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's ability; diligently

• たゆまず努力たゆまずどりょく

  untiring labor (labour)

• 企業努力きぎょうどりょく

  business efforts; corporate efforts

• 努力の賜物どりょくのたまもの

  fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts

• 努力も虚しくどりょくもむなしく

  after efforts in vain

• 努力奮励どりょくふんれい

  making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

• 努力家どりょくか

  hard worker; hardworking person

• 努力目標どりょくもくひょう

  goal to strive for; challenge

• 努力義務どりょくぎむ

  obligation to make a sincere effort (to follow a set of rules, etc.)

• 努力賞どりょくしょう

  prize awarded for good effort; consolation prize

• 外交努力がいこうどりょく

  diplomatic efforts

• 奮励努力ふんれいどりょく

  making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

• 奮闘努力ふんとうどりょく

  try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts

• 経営努力けいえいどりょく

  management effort; managerial effort; operation action

• 自助努力じじょどりょく

  self-help efforts; independent efforts; self-supporting endeavor

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