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努力 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • effort noun Physical or mental energy put into doing something.
  • endeavor noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
  • gross adjective Disgusting or unpleasant.
  • hard adj Solid and firm; not easily broken, cut, or dented.
  • hard work noun Sustained effort that demands real energy, concentration or persistence.
  • hardworking adj Putting in a lot of effort and diligence at one's job or tasks.
  • hefty adjective Large, heavy, and solidly built; substantial in size or weight.
  • stodgy adj Dull, old-fashioned.
  • strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.

Senses

努力 is used for these senses in English:

  • effort The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
  • elbow grease (idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.
  • endeavor A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
  • gross (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
  • hard Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
  • hard work Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  • hardworking Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
  • hefty Heavy, weighing a lot.

effort — full definition

  1. noun Physical or mental energy put into doing something.
  2. noun An attempt to achieve something; an endeavor.

endeavor — full definition

  1. noun A serious, determined attempt to achieve something.
  2. verb To try hard to do something.

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