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力を尽くす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 力を尽くす.

Dictionary

Entry

力を尽くすちからをつくすExpressionGodan verbFreq #24030
1

to exert oneself; to make efforts

Examples
キング牧師が献身的に力を尽くしたものすべてが水泡に帰したかのように思われた。
Everything Rev. Martin Luther King had worked so hard for seemed lost.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

2 strokesFrequency 62JLPT N3Grade 1

On

リョクリキリイ

Kun

ちから

Nanori

じからつとむ

exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

6 strokesFrequency 1,234JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ジンサン

Kun

つ.きるつ.くすつ.かす-づ.く-ず.くことごと.く

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