尽じん力りょく

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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

Meanings

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

efforts; exertion; assistance

Refers to putting in one's best efforts, often for a cause or to help someone. Can be used as a noun or with する as an intransitive verb.

彼かれは被ひ災さい地ちの復ふっ興こうに尽じん力りょくした。
He devoted his efforts to the reconstruction of the disaster area.
ご尽じん力りょくに深ふかく感かん謝しゃいたします。
We deeply appreciate your efforts.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に尽じん力りょくするto devote one's efforts to something
彼かれは地ち域いき社しゃ会かいの発はっ展てんに尽じん力りょくした。
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
彼かの女じょは困こまっている人ひと々びとのために尽じん力りょくしている。
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
彼かれは仲なか間まのために尽じん力りょくを惜おしまなかった。
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)
皆みな様さまのご尽じん力りょくに心こころより感かん謝しゃ申もうし上あげます。
I sincerely thank everyone for their efforts.

Kanji

尽exhaust, use up, run out of
力power, strength, strong

Related words· 12

努ど力りょくN3
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.
貢こう献けんN3
貢献 highlights the positive contribution or benefit that results, whereas 尽力 focuses on the act of exerting oneself, regardless of the outcome.
奮ふん闘とうN2
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.
助じょ力りょく
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.

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奔ほん走そう
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.
尽つくすN2
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.
手てを尽つくすN1
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.
注ちゅう力りょく
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.
力ちからを入いれるN2
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.
傾けい注ちゅう
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.
努つとめるN2
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.
献けん身しん
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.

Don't confuse with

合ごう力りょく
尽力 means devoting effort or exertion to help with something, while 合力 focuses on the act of joining forces or giving aid/alms rather than personal exertion.

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.