功こう労ろう

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Meanings

Refers to contributions or achievements that deserve recognition, often in formal or organizational contexts.

〈人ひと〉の功こう労ろうを認みとめるto recognize someone's meritorious service
会かい社しゃは彼かれの長なが年ねんの功こう労ろうを認みとめ、表ひょう彰しょうした。
The company recognized his many years of meritorious service and honored him.
功こう労ろうに報むくいるto reward someone's meritorious service
退たい職しょく金きんは長なが年ねんの功こう労ろうに報むくいるものだ。
The retirement bonus is meant to reward years of meritorious service.
〈人ひと〉の功こう労ろうをたたえるto praise someone's distinguished service
式しき典てんで創そう業ぎょう者しゃの功こう労ろうをたたえた。
At the ceremony, the founder's distinguished service was praised.
長なが年ねんの功こう労ろうmany years of meritorious service
彼かの女じょは長なが年ねんの功こう労ろうにより勲くん章しょうを受うけた。
She received a medal for her many years of meritorious service.

功こう績せきN2
功績 is a broader word for an achievement or accomplishment, while 功労 specifically highlights the meritorious effort or service that deserves recognition.
貢こう献けんN3
貢献 focuses on the act of contributing or helping toward a goal, whereas 功労 emphasizes the recognized merit or credit earned from that contribution.
勲いさお
功労 stresses the effort and toil behind one's contribution, while 勲 is a more elevated, literary term for the resulting distinguished service itself.
勲くん
功労 focuses on meritorious effort or service rendered, while 勲 refers more narrowly to the official merit or decoration awarded for such service.

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功こう
功労 stresses the effort and service behind a contribution (often used for awards like 功労賞), while 功 focuses on the resulting merit itself.
手て柄がらN1
功労 stresses long-term meritorious service or dedication to a cause, while 手柄 usually points to one specific praiseworthy act.

苦く労ろうN3
苦労 means hardship or toil one endures, while 功労 means the praiseworthy service or achievement resulting from effort; the two share the kanji 労 and are easily confused in sound.
年ねん功こう
年功 is credit for simply having served many years, while 功労 is credit for meritorious achievement or contribution, regardless of tenure.

Sino-Japanese compound of 功 (merit, achievement) and 労 (labor, effort).