労力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
労	力
ろう Grade: 4	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
勞力 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. work, labors
2. labor, manpower, number of laborers

   多大(ただい)な労力(ろうりょく)を必要(ひつよう)とした。

   Tadai na rōryoku o hitsuyō to shita.

   It was a laborious job.

Synonyms

• (work): 骨折(ほねお)り (honeori)
• (manpower): 労働力(ろうどうりょく) (rōdōryoku)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN