► 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:
- 努力の積重ねが成功に結び付いた ⇨ The accumulation of efforts has lead to success
- 経営陣は労働者の間に信頼を醸成することに努力してきた ⇨ The management has been working to foster trust between the workers and them
- 弛まざる努力 ⇨ A non-stop effort
- 長年の努力が実った ⇨ Years of hard work have borne fruit
- 努力が空回りした ⇨ My efforts just spun their wheels
- 彼は人知れず努力してきた ⇨ He has been working hard when people are not looking
- 彼は血が滲むような努力を重ねてきた ⇨ He has been working so hard that he almost bleeds. He has been putting in his blood, sweat and tears in his work
- 彼は彼なりに努力している ⇨ He is doing the best he can do in his own way
- 平素からの努力が大切だ ⇨ Everyday effort is important
- 弛み無い努力 ⇨ Continuous efforts
- 「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
- 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
- 不断の努力 ⇨ Continuous hard work
- 彼は黒人なので人一倍努力しなくてはいけなかった ⇨ He has had to work double as hard as others because he is black
- 努力さえしたら成功するとは限らない ⇨ It won’t always work like “if you just work hard, you will succeed”. Hard work won’t guarantee success