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)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーりょく [róꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

労(ろう)力(りょく) • (rōryoku) ^{←らうりよく (rauryoku)^?}

work, labors
labor, manpower, number of laborers
多(た)大(だい)な労(ろう)力(りょく)を必(ひつ)要(よう)とした。
Tadai na rōryoku o hitsuyō to shita.
It was a laborious job.

Synonyms

(work): 骨(ほね)折(お)り (honeori)
(manpower): 労(ろう)働(どう)力(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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN