労力

• 読み: ろうりょく
• ローマ字: rouryoku
• 漢字の分解: 労 (rou) — labour, toil; 力 (ryoku) — power, strength
• 発音: /ɾoː.ɾjo.kɯ/

意味

Labour; effort; toil. The physical or mental exertion required to accomplish something.

A noun emphasising the effort and energy invested in a task, often with a nuance of it being substantial or burdensome. Common patterns: 労力をかける (to put in effort), 労力を惜しまない (to spare no effort), 労力の割に (considering the effort involved). More formal than 努力, which focuses on determination rather than the work itself.

例文

1. この報告書の作成には相当な労力がかかった。
2. 労力の割に成果が出なくて残念だった。
3. 手作業の労力を減らすために自動化を進めている。

使い方ガイド

場面: work, business, project management, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 労 (rou, labour/toil) + 力 (ryoku, power/strength). Literally 'labour power,' combining the concept of hard work with the energy expended to perform it.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal