► 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:
- 彼の無責任な行動が皆の努力を台無しにした ⇨ His irresponsible action ruined everybody’s hard work
- 全ての努力は無に帰した ⇨ All the efforts have become nothing
- 彼は彼なりに努力している ⇨ He is doing the best he can do in his own way
- 平常心を保つよう努力する ⇨ Work hard to maintain the normal, calm, mindset
- 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
- ここまで来るには多くの努力が必要だった ⇨ It took a lot of hard word to come this far
- 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
- 彼女は大変な努力家だ ⇨ She is a real hard worker
- 彼は超能力がある訳ではなく、単に人一倍努力しているだけだ ⇨ It’s not that he has supernatural power, but rather he works so much harder than others
- 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
- 今までの努力が全てパーになった ⇨ All the efforts until now have gone down the toilet
- 彼はしこしこ努力を続けている ⇨ He is working hard diligently
- 日頃からの努力が大きな成功につながった ⇨ Daily hard work has led to a big success
- 君の努力は無駄ではない ⇨ Your effort is not a waste (even though it seems otherwise now)
- 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