► 名詞
努力 [(1)どりょく] meaning: effort rank: 1
☆ 彼は努力の人だ ⇨ He is a man of hard work (rather than natural talents)
☆ 日頃からの努力の積み重ねが大切だ ⇨ The accumulation of efforts from every day is important
努力 [(1)どりょく] [努力する] meaning: effort rank: 1
☆ 努力せずに優れた技を身に付けることは出来ない ⇨ You can’t get great skills without working hard
More examples:
- 長年の努力が遂に実を結んだ ⇨ Years of hard work finally bore fruit
- 「努力は必ず報われる」というのが私の信条だ ⇨ “Hard work will always pay off”, that is my belief
- 努力し続ければきっと成功する ⇨ You’ll succeed if you keep working hard
- 弛まず努力することが大切だ ⇨ It is important to keep working hard without slacking
- 彼は努力に努力を重ねて遂に成功した ⇨ He had layered effort over effort, kept working hard, and finally succeeded
- 彼は地道に努力して経験を蓄えてきた ⇨ He has been grinding and accumulating experience
- 並大抵の努力では世界一にはなれない ⇨ You can’t be the world’s best with ordinary efforts
- 彼は大変な努力家だ ⇨ He is a real hard worker
- 彼女は長年地道に努力し続けて来た ⇨ She has been making efforts diligently for many years
- 彼等は自助努力を全くしていない ⇨ They’re not making any effort on self-help
- 彼は屈辱をバネに努力をした ⇨ He used the humiliation as an impetus to work hard
- 弛まざる努力 ⇨ A non-stop effort
- 全ての努力は無に帰した ⇨ All the efforts resulted in nothing, were wasted
- 彼は努力もしないのに僻みが強い ⇨ He doesn’t work hard but thinks he is unfairly treated
- 君の努力は無駄ではない ⇨ Your effort is not a waste (even though it seems otherwise now)