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全力 (ぜんりょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

全ぜん力りょく

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

all one's power; utmost effort; full strength

Used for giving everything one has, physically or mentally. Common in phrases like 全力で, 全力を尽くす, and 全力疾走.

彼かれは全ぜん力りょくで走はしった。
He ran with all his might.

試し験けんに向むけて全ぜん力りょくを尽つくします。

I will do my utmost for the exam.

Usage patterns

全ぜん力りょくで〈動どう詞し〉to do something with all one's strength/effort
彼かれは全ぜん力りょくで走はしった。
He ran with all his strength.
全ぜん力りょくを出だすto give one's all; to put out one's full strength
決けっ勝しょう戦せんで全ぜん力りょくを出だした。
I gave it my all in the final match.
全ぜん力りょくを注そそぐto devote all one's effort to something
彼かの女じょは研けん究きゅうに全ぜん力りょくを注そそいでいる。
She is devoting all her effort to her research.

Expressions

全ぜん力りょくを尽つくすdo one's best; put forth every effort
全ぜん力りょくを挙あげるuse all one's strength; give one's all; do one's utmost

Kanji

全whole, entire, all
力power, strength, strong

Related words· 6

精せい一いっ杯ぱいN2
精一杯 emphasizes doing as much as one's own capacity allows, while 全力 emphasizes using every bit of available power or resource, regardless of capacity limits.
総そう力りょく
総力 refers to the combined strength of a whole group or organization, whereas 全力 is usually about one person's own full effort.
力ちから一いっ杯ぱいN1
力一杯 is a slightly more casual, physical way of saying 'with all one's strength', close in meaning to 全力 but less used in formal or abstract contexts.
本ほん気きN2
本気 focuses on seriousness of intent or attitude, while 全力 focuses on the actual amount of effort or power exerted.

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渾こん身しん
全力 is the common, neutral word for 'full power' or 'everything one has', while 渾身 is a more literary, dramatic term emphasizing effort of one's whole body and soul.
全ぜん速そく力りょくN1
全力 means 'all one's strength/effort' and can apply to both physical and mental effort, while 全速力 specifically refers to moving at top speed.

Word family

全ぜん力りょく投とう球きゅう
giving one's all; going all out; full effort · pitching with full power; throwing one's hardest
全ぜん力りょく疾しっ走そう
sprint; running at full speed

Etymology

Compound of 全 (zen, 'all') and 力 (ryoku, 'power'). The reading is on'yomi, and the word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation.