Word details

徒労

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 徒労.

Dictionary

Entry

徒労ろうNounFreq #23915
1

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

10 strokesFrequency 817JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

いたずらあだ

Nanori

かち

labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble

7 strokesFrequency 398JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ロウ

Kun

ろう.するいたわ.るいた.ずきねぎらつか.れるねぎら.う

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