力りき作さく

noun

painstaking work; work of great effort; outstanding work

Only with reading りきさく

A work, piece, or production into which considerable effort has clearly been put; often complimentary, as in a major or ambitious work by an artist, writer, director, student, etc.

• この小しょう説せつは、十じゅう年ねんをかけて書かかれた力りき作さくだ。

  This novel is a painstaking work written over ten years.

• 学がく生せいたちの卒そつ業ぎょう制せい作さくには力りき作さくが多おおかった。

  There were many impressive works among the students' graduation projects.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

toil; labor; laboring

Only with reading りょくさく

Formal or literary use, especially with the reading りょくさく, meaning exerting effort or laboring hard. This is uncommon in modern everyday Japanese and should not be confused with the common りきさく sense.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「力りょく作さくする」が「骨ほねを折おって働はたらく」という意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In older writing, 力作する can be used to mean working hard or toiling.