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労作する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

toil; labor; laborious task

Refers to the act of working hard, often physically or mentally demanding effort. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to labor'.

彼かれは長なが年ねんの労ろう作さくの末すえ、ついに目もく標ひょうを達たっ成せいした。
After years of toil, he finally achieved his goal.
この計けい画かくは大たい変へんな労ろう作さくを要ようする。
This project requires considerable labor.

noun

painstaking work; work of great effort

Refers to the product or result of hard work, such as a book, research, or artwork that clearly involved great effort. Often used to praise someone's output.

この論ろん文ぶんは彼かれの労ろう作さくだ。
This paper is his painstaking work.
その辞じ書しょは数すう十じゅう年ねんにわたる労ろう作さくの結けっ晶しょうである。
That dictionary is the fruit of decades of painstaking effort.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉は労ろう作さくだ〈thing〉 is a work of great effort/painstaking work
この辞じ典てんは十じゅう年ねんかけて作つくられた労ろう作さくだ。
This dictionary is a painstaking work that took ten years to make.
労ろう作さくを発はっ表ぴょうするto publish/present a painstaking work
教きょう授じゅは長なが年ねんの研けん究きゅうをまとめた労ろう作さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The professor published a painstaking work summarizing years of research.
労ろう作さくとして知しられるto be known as a work of great effort
その小しょう説せつは作さっ家かの労ろう作さくとして知しられている。
That novel is known as the author's painstaking masterpiece.

Kanji

労labor, thank for, reward for
作make, production, prepare

Related words

力りき作さく sense 2
力作 describes a specific work praised for the skill and effort put into it, while 労作 can refer either to the laborious effort itself or, in its second sense, to such a work.
努ど力りょくN3sense 1
努力 is the common, general word for effort or endeavor, whereas 労作 emphasizes the toil or laboriousness of the task itself.
苦く労ろうN3sense 1
苦労 focuses on the hardship and trouble one goes through, while 労作 highlights the laborious effort itself or its resulting product.
労ろう苦く sense 1
労苦 stresses the pain and difficulty of hard work, while 労作 can also describe the tangible result of that hard work.

Opposites

駄だ作さくN1sense 2
駄作 is a poorly made, low-effort work, the opposite of 労作 in its sense of a piece created through great effort and care.

Don't confuse with

労ろう働どうN3sense 1
労働 means ordinary labor or work in general, while 労作 specifically implies toil that is unusually hard or, as a noun, a work that shows the fruits of such toil.

Word family

労ろう作さく歌うた
work song
労ろう作さく教きょう育いく
manual training; work education

Built from

労ろう+作さく

Etymology

Compound of 労 (labor, toil) and 作 (make, work). The combination naturally yields the meaning of laborious work or a work produced through great effort.