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strength, power, proficiency, ability
force, strength, might, vigour, vigor, energy; capability, ability, proficiency, capacity, faculty; efficacy, effect
strength, power, proficiency, ability; the strength of ... people, the strength of ... men
to endeavor (to do), to endeavour, to try hard, to work hard, to strive, to make an effort, to exert oneself, to devote oneself, to be committed (to doing)
powerful, strong, forceful, vigorous; reassuring, encouraging
ability, capacity, capability, talent; physical strength
sumo wrestler, rikishi; strong man; Deva king
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.), stressing, insistence, arguing strongly (for, against)
mechanics, dynamics
emphasis, stress, main point, importance; point of a lever where force is applied
to strain (oneself), to bear down, to exert oneself, to try (too) hard, to draw one's body taut; to put on a bold front, to make a show of strength, to swagger, to bluff, to boast
muscleman, strong man
help, assistance, service
painstaking piece of work, work of great effort, tour de force, outstanding work; toil, labor, labour
with all one's strength, with might and main, as hard as one can
pitching with all one's strength
test of one's strength, test of one's ability
as much as possible, as far as possible, to the best of one's ability, diligently
- 力無いちからない
feeble
- 力任せちからまかせ
using all one's strength, using all one's might
- 力仕事ちからしごと
physical work, manual labour (labor)
- 庸よう
tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period), tax in kind; mediocrity
- 力感りきかん
power, force
- 力業ちからわざ
heavy work, manual labour; feat of strength
- 力行りっこう
strenuous efforts, exertion
- 力比べちからくらべ
contest of strength, trial of strength
- 力負けちからまけ
losing by being overmatched, being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers, defeat as a result of trying too hard
- 力戦りきせん
hard fighting
- 力線りきせん
line of force
- 力役りきやく
forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)
- 力役りきえき
physical labor, physical labour, physical work; forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)
- 力演りきえん
enthusiastic performance
- 力ずくでちからずくで
by sheer strength, by brute force
- 力なげちからなげ
feeble, dejected, helpless, despondent
- 力ずくちからずく
(brute) force, using all one's might
- 力こぶを作るちからこぶをつくる
to flex one's biceps
- 力学的りきがくてき
mechanical
- 力弱いちからよわい
weak
- 力動的りきどうてき
dynamic
- 力頼みちからだのみ
dependence