労ろう力りょく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

labor; effort; toil

Refers to physical or mental effort expended to accomplish something, often with a nuance of difficulty or hardship.

この仕し事ごとには多おおくの労ろう力りょくが必ひつ要ようだ。
This job requires a lot of effort.
労ろう力りょくを惜おしまずに勉べん強きょうした。
I studied without sparing any effort.

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Usage patterns

労ろう力りょくを惜おしまないto spare no effort
彼かれは目もく標ひょうのためにどんな労ろう力りょくも惜おしまない。
He spares no effort for his goal.
労ろう力りょくがかかるto require a lot of effort/labor
この作さ業ぎょうには多おおくの労ろう力りょくがかかる。
This task requires a lot of labor.
労ろう力りょくを費ついやすto expend effort/labor
プロジェクトの完かん成せいに多た大だいな労ろう力りょくを費ついやした。
We expended a great deal of effort to complete the project.
労ろう力りょくに見み合あうto be worth the effort put in
この結けっ果かは労ろう力りょくに見み合あわない。
This result isn't worth the effort put into it.

Expressions

労ろう力りょくを省はぶくsave labor; cut down on effort

Kanji

労labor, thank for, reward for
力power, strength, strong

Related words· 6

努ど力りょくN3
努力 emphasizes striving toward a goal, while 労力 focuses on the effort or labor itself, often with a sense of toil.
苦く労ろうN3
苦労 highlights hardship and suffering, whereas 労力 is more neutral about the difficulty of the work.
手て間まN3
手間 refers to the time and trouble a task takes, while 労力 emphasizes the physical or mental exertion expended.
人じん力りき
人力 emphasizes power that comes from human beings (as opposed to machines or animals), while 労力 focuses on the effort or labor expended to accomplish a task.

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人ひと手でN2
労力 emphasizes the effort or work expended, while 人手 focuses on the availability of people to do that work.
労ろう
労力 refers concretely to the physical or mental power expended on a task, whereas 労 is the more abstract, literary word for the effort itself.

Don't confuse with

労ろう働どうN3
労働 means labor as an activity or work itself, while 労力 means the effort or energy spent doing something.

Built from

労ろう+力りょく

Etymology

Compound of 労 (labor, toil) and 力 (power, strength). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys the idea of labor power or effort.