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力持ち (chikaramochi) Japanese meaning: muscleman | Kotomora

力ちから持もち

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

muscleman; strong person

Refers to a person with great physical strength, often used in a straightforward or admiring way.

彼かれは力ちから持もちで、重おもい荷に物もつも軽かる々がると運

はこ

ぶ

。

He is a strong man and carries heavy loads with ease.

あの力ちから持もちの選せん手しゅが優ゆう勝しょうした。

That muscleman athlete won the championship.

Usage patterns

力ちから持もちの〈人ひと〉a strong (muscular) person
力ちから持もちの男おとこがタンスを一人ひとりで運はこんだ。
The strong man carried the wardrobe by himself.
〈人ひと〉は力ちから持もちで有ゆう名めいだto be famous for being strong
彼かれはクラスで一いち番ばんの力ちから持もちで有ゆう名めいだ。
He is famous for being the strongest in the class.

Expressions

縁えんの下したの力ちから持もちunsung hero; person who does a thankless task

Kanji

力power, strength, strong
持hold, have

Related words

強ごう力りき
剛力 is a somewhat literary/old-fashioned term for a person of great physical strength, while 力持ち is the everyday, plain word for the same idea.
弁べん慶けい
力持ち is the plain, everyday word for a physically strong person, while 弁慶 carries an allusive, semi-historical flavor referencing the warrior monk Benkei.

Don't confuse with

金かね持もちN4
力持ち means a physically strong person, whereas 金持ち (built the same way with -持ち) means a wealthy person, so the two are easy to mix up despite meaning very different things.

Counted with

人にん
counter for people

Built from

力ちから+持もつ

Written forms

力ちから持もちUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling.
力ちからもちUsage12%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 力 (chikara, 'strength') and 持ち (mochi, 'holder').