死し力りょく

noun

all one's strength; desperate effort

Almost always used in the set phrase 死力を尽くす, meaning to exert every ounce of strength as if one's life depended on it. The literal sense 'strength when ready to die' is rarely used outside this expression.

See also: 死力を尽くす

• 彼かれは死し力りょくを尽つくしてその問もん題だいを解かい決けつした。

  He exerted all his strength to solve the problem.

• 選せん手しゅたちは死し力りょくを尽つくして戦たたかった。

  The players fought with desperate effort.