力ちから持もち

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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