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    3. 労作

    労作

    労ろう作さく

    toil

    KMT8News #22+1Work & CareerKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ろうさく

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    toil, labor, labour, laborious task

    Noun

    2.
    painstaking piece of work, (a) work involving considerable effort

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    この論ろん文ぶんは彼かれの長なが年ねんの労ろう作さくだ。

    This thesis is the fruit of his many years of painstaking work.

    KMT7Work & CareerEducation
    その研けん究きゅうは、多おおくの科か学がく者しゃたちの労ろう作さくによって完かん成せいされた。

    That research was completed through the painstaking efforts of many scientists.

    KMT8Science & MathWork & Career
    このプロジェクトは、チーム全ぜん員いんの労ろう作さくによって成せい功こうした。

    This project succeeded thanks to the laborious efforts of the entire team.

    KMT8Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    芸げい術じゅつ家かのその彫ちょう刻こくは、数すう年ねんを要ようする労ろう作さくだった。

    That sculptor's sculpture was a painstaking work that took several years.

    KMT8Art & DesignWork & Career
    彼かれの生しょう涯がいをかけた労ろう作さくは、後こう世せいに多たが大いな影えい響きょうを与あたえるだろう。

    His life's work, a painstaking piece of work, will have a profound impact on future generations.

    KMT9Work & CareerHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    労
    ろう.する・いたわ.る・いた.ずき・ねぎら・つか.れる・ねぎら.う…(1)
    labor・thank for・reward for・toil・trouble
    作
    つく.る・つく.り・-づく.り…(10)
    make・production・prepare・build
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