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    3. 努力

    努力

    努ど力りょく

    effort

    N3KMT1News #1+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab9 strokes

    どりょく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    effort, exertion, endeavour, endeavor, hard work, striving

    Stroke 0 / 9

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    努ど力りょくが大たい切せつです。

    Effort is important.

    KMT1Daily Life
    彼かれは毎まい日にち努ど力りょくしています。

    He makes an effort every day.

    KMT1Daily Life
    語ご学がく学がく習しゅうには継けい続ぞく的てきな努ど力りょくが必ひつ要ようです。

    Continuous effort is necessary for language learning.

    KMT2EducationDaily Life
    成せい功こうは日ひ々びの努ど力りょくの積つみ重かさねによって得えられる。

    Success is achieved through the accumulation of daily efforts.

    KMT3Daily LifeCore Concepts
    チーム全ぜん員いんの努ど力りょくが優ゆう勝しょうにつながった。

    The efforts of the entire team led to the championship.

    KMT3Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    努
    つと.める…(1)
    toil・diligent・as much as possible
    力
    ちから…(5)
    power・strength・strong・strain・bear up…(1)
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