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尽力 (じんりょく, jinryoku) Japanese meaning: efforts | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 尽力する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 尽じん 力りょく する 尽じん 力りょく しない Polite 尽じん 力りょく します 尽じん 力りょく しません Past polite 尽じん 力りょく しました 尽じん 力りょく しませんでした Past 尽じん 力りょく した 尽じん 力りょく しなかった Te-form 尽じん 力りょく して 尽じん 力りょく しないで Desire 尽じん 力りょく したい 尽じん 力りょく したくない Potential 尽じん 力りょく できる 尽じん 力りょく できない Passive 尽じん 力りょく される 尽じん 力りょく されない Causative 尽じん 力りょく させる 尽じん 力りょく させない Causative passive 尽じん 力りょく させられる 尽じん 力りょく させられない Volitional 尽じん 力りょく しよう Polite volitional 尽じん 力りょく しましょう Imperative 尽じん 力りょく しろ 尽じん 力りょく するな Conditional 尽じん 力りょく すれば 尽じん 力りょく しなければ Tara conditional 尽じん 力りょく したら 尽じん 力りょく しなかったら
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被ひ
災さい
地ち
の
復ふっ
興こう
に
尽じん
力りょく
し
た
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He devoted his efforts to the reconstruction of the disaster area.
We deeply appreciate your efforts.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 尽じん 力りょく する to devote one's efforts to something
He devoted his efforts to the development of the local community.
〈 人ひと 〉 のために 尽じん 力りょく する to make efforts for someone's sake
She is putting in efforts on behalf of people in need.
尽じん 力りょく を 惜お しまない to not spare one's efforts
He spared no effort for his colleagues.
ご 尽じん 力りょく に 感かん 謝しゃ する to thank someone for their efforts (formal)
I sincerely thank everyone for their efforts.
Kanji 尽 exhaust, use up, run out of Related words· 12 努力 is the general word for hard work or effort in any endeavor, while 尽力 specifically means devoting one's utmost effort, often for a cause or on someone else's behalf.
貢献 highlights the positive contribution or benefit that results, whereas 尽力 focuses on the act of exerting oneself, regardless of the outcome.
奮闘 suggests a strenuous, often difficult struggle against obstacles, while 尽力 is a more neutral term for putting in one's best efforts toward a goal.
助力 specifically means lending a helping hand or assistance to someone, while 尽力 emphasizes the exertion of one's own effort, which may or may not directly help another.
Show 8 more 尽力 is a formal word for exerting one's utmost effort, often for someone else's benefit, without the physical-movement nuance that 奔走 carries.
尽力する is a formal word for making great efforts toward a goal, while 尽くす also carries a warmer connotation of devoting oneself in service to a person or cause.
尽力する is a more formal, single-word way to say one is devoting effort to a cause, whereas 手を尽くす specifically implies trying many different means to solve a problem.
Etymology Compound of 尽 (じん, 'exhaust') and 力 (りょく, 'power'), literally meaning to exhaust one's power. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of putting forth full effort.
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尽力 means making one's best effort, often for someone else's benefit or a cause, whereas 注力 emphasizes strategically directing energy toward a specific objective.
尽力する is a formal word meaning to exert all one's efforts for a cause, while 力を入れる is a more everyday phrase for concentrating effort on something.
尽力 emphasizes exerting effort to help achieve something (often for another's benefit), whereas 傾注 emphasizes directing one's own energy or resources toward a single purpose.
尽力する is a formal verb for devoting all one's strength to a cause, while 努める is more general and can describe smaller, everyday efforts.
尽力 means putting in one's best effort to help accomplish something, while 献身 implies a deeper, self-sacrificing devotion rather than just effort.