Results, 力*
- 力☆【ちから】
noun:
- force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy
- capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty
- efficacy; effect
- effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions
- power; authority; influence; good offices; agency
- support; help; aid; assistance ➜ 力になる
- stress; emphasis
- means; resources
あなたは私の2倍の力がある。 You are twice as strong as me.
あなたは集中する力を失ってしまった。 You've lost the ability to concentrate.
チョコレートにはLDLの酸化を防止する力がある。 Chocolate acts to prevent LDL oxidisation.
あいての基準を受け入れるのは、そのあいての力に服従することだ。 Accepting the other's norms is submitting to the other's power.
私の力が及ぶ限り援助します。 I'll help you to the best of my ability.
大した力にはならないかもしれませんけど、応援します。 It might not be worth much, but you have my support.
- 努める★【つとめる】勉める・力める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; to be committed (to doing something)
親は子供のことを考えないでいれば恐ろしい内容の電話や電報は絶対に来ないと望みつつ、子供のことを考えないように努めるのである。 Parents try not to think about it, hoping that if they blot the children out, the fateful call or cable will never come.
- 力強い☆【ちからづよい】 Inflection
adjective:
- powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous
- reassuring; encouraging
踊り子達は白いドレスを着てきゃしゃに見えますが、実際には彼女たちは馬のように力強いのです。 The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.
- 努めて☆【つとめて】勉めて・力めて
adverb:
- as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's ability; diligently
- 力説★【りきせつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
火星にはかつて原始的な生物が存在していたと彼は力説した。 He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.
- 力量☆【りきりょう】力倆old
noun:
- ability; capacity; capability; talent
- physical strength
地位は君の力量しだいだ。 The position is conditional on how well you are able to perform.
- 力む☆【りきむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to strain (oneself); to bear up; to exert one's strength
- to swagger; to bluff; to boast
- 力いっぱい【ちからいっぱい】力一杯☆
expression / adverb:
- with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
彼は力いっぱい引っ張ったが、岩はびくともしなかった。 He pulled with all his strength but the rock would not move.
- 力点☆【りきてん】
noun:
- emphasis; stress; main point; importance
- point of a lever where force is applied
彼の話の力点は一生懸命に働かなくてはならないということにあった。 The emphasis of his talk was on the need to work hard.
- 力作☆【りきさく】
noun:
- tour de force; painstaking piece of work; achievement
今回発売されたアルバムは、ストーリー仕立てになっていて力作だ。 Her latest album is a tour de force. It even has a storyline.
- 力学☆【りきがく】
noun:
- mechanics; dynamics
熱力学の背後には、第1巻で学んだ力学の法則にしたがう原子や分子の運動があります。 Behind thermodynamics lie the movements of atoms and molecules following the laws of motion learned in the first volume.
- 力仕事☆【ちからしごと】
noun:
- physical work; manual labour (labor)
彼は非常に身体が弱くて力仕事はできなかった。 He was too feeble to do manual labor.
- 力負け☆【ちからまけ】力負irr. Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent
- losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
- 力になる【ちからになる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone) ➜ 力【ちから】
- 力を抜く【ちからをぬく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
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