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): [ɾo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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

References

2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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