努ど力りょく

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努力する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	努ど力りょくする	努ど力りょくしない
Polite	努ど力りょくします	努ど力りょくしません
Past polite	努ど力りょくしました	努ど力りょくしませんでした
Past	努ど力りょくした	努ど力りょくしなかった
Te-form	努ど力りょくして	努ど力りょくしないで
Desire	努ど力りょくしたい	努ど力りょくしたくない
Potential	努ど力りょくできる	努ど力りょくできない
Passive	努ど力りょくされる	努ど力りょくされない
Causative	努ど力りょくさせる	努ど力りょくさせない
Causative passive	努ど力りょくさせられる	努ど力りょくさせられない
Volitional	努ど力りょくしよう
Polite volitional	努ど力りょくしましょう
Imperative	努ど力りょくしろ	努ど力りょくするな
Conditional	努ど力りょくすれば	努ど力りょくしなければ
Tara conditional	努ど力りょくしたら	努ど力りょくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

effort; hard work; endeavor

Refers to sustained effort toward a goal. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'make an effort'. Often appears in phrases like 努力する, 努力が実る, 努力を重ねる.

彼かれの努ど力りょくが実みのって、大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。
His efforts bore fruit and he passed the university entrance exam.
目もく標ひょうを達たっ成せいするために努ど力りょくし続つづける。
I will keep making efforts to achieve my goal.

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Usage patterns

努ど力りょくが実みのるfor one's effort to pay off / bear fruit
長なが年ねんの努ど力りょくがついに実みのった。
Years of effort finally paid off.
努ど力りょくを重かさねるto make repeated/continued efforts
彼かれは合ごう格かくするまで努ど力りょくを重かさねた。
He kept making efforts until he passed.
努ど力りょくを惜おしまないto spare no effort
彼かの女じょは目もく標ひょうのためにいつも努ど力りょくを惜おしまない。
She never spares any effort for her goals.
〈事こと〉のために努ど力りょくするto make an effort for the sake of something
夢ゆめを実じつ現げんするために努ど力りょくする。
I make an effort to realize my dream.
努ど力りょくを続つづけるto keep making an effort
結けっ果かが出でなくても努ど力りょくを続つづけることが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to keep making an effort even without results.

Expressions

努ど力りょくの賜たま物ものfruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
努ど力りょくも虚むなしくafter efforts in vain; all efforts having been in vain

Kanji

努toil, diligent, as much as possible
力power, strength, strong

Related words· 17

頑がん張ばるN5
頑張る is a casual, everyday verb meaning 'to do one's best' or 'hang in there', while 努力 is a more formal noun emphasizing sustained, deliberate effort.
尽じん力りょく
尽力 is a formal word for exerting effort on behalf of someone or something else, whereas 努力 is the general term for putting in effort toward one's own goal.
骨ほね折おり
骨折り implies physical or mental toil and trouble, often with a nuance of hardship, whereas 努力 is a broader, more neutral term for effort.
労ろう力りょくN1
努力 emphasizes striving toward a goal, while 労力 focuses on the effort or labor itself, often with a sense of toil.

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取とり組くみN2
取り組み highlights a structured initiative or approach to a task, while 努力 emphasizes the personal exertion and hard work involved.
苦く心しんN2
努力 is general effort or endeavor, while 苦心 emphasizes the mental strain and worry involved in overcoming a specific difficulty.
丹たん精せい
努力 is a general word for effort or hard work, while 丹精 specifically evokes putting one's whole heart into a task with meticulous, sincere care.
精しょう進じん
努力 is the general, everyday word for effort or hard work, while 精進 implies a deeper, sustained, often spiritual or single-minded devotion.
奮ふん闘とうN2
努力 is a general, everyday word for making an effort, while 奮闘 implies a vigorous, often dramatic struggle against difficulties.
努つとめるN2
努力 is a noun/する-verb meaning 'effort' in a general or sustained sense, while 努める is a verb focused on the act of striving toward a specific aim.
奮ふん発ぱつN1
努力 is steady, general effort, while 奮発 describes a sudden burst of exertion often for a specific push.
頑がん張ばり
努力 is the formal, neutral noun for 'effort' used in academic or professional contexts, while 頑張り is a more personal, emotionally warm word for sticking with something despite difficulty.
励はげむN1
努力する is a formal, abstract する-verb for 'making an effort', whereas 励む conveys personal, steady dedication to a task over time.
取とり組くむN2
努力する means to make an effort in general, whereas 取り組む specifically means to grapple with a particular task or problem.
奔ほん走そう
努力 refers to general hard work or effort of any kind, while 奔走 specifically evokes actively running around and making arrangements to get something done.
労ろう作さく
努力 is the common, general word for effort or endeavor, whereas 労作 emphasizes the toil or laboriousness of the task itself.
労ろう
努力 is the everyday word for making an effort toward a personal goal, while 労 is more formal and carries a stronger sense of toil or trouble.

Don't confuse with

注ちゅう力りょく
努力 means general hard work or effort toward improvement, while 注力 specifically means channeling effort or resources into a particular target or project.

Word family· 12

努ど力りょく家か
hard worker; hardworking person
努ど力りょく賞しょう
effort prize; consolation prize
企き業ぎょう努ど力りょく
corporate efforts; business efforts
努ど力りょく奮ふん励れい
making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
努ど力りょく目もく標ひょう
goal to strive for; challenge

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努ど力りょく義ぎ務む
obligation to make a sincere effort
外がい交こう努ど力りょく
diplomatic efforts
奮ふん励れい努ど力りょく
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
奮ふん闘とう努ど力りょく
strenuous effort; giving one's all
経けい営えい努ど力りょく
management effort; managerial effort; operational effort

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Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 努 (ど, 'to strive') and 力 (りょく, 'power'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the idea of exerting power diligently.