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努力

どりょく

endeavor, effort

Mnemonic

A servant's power, which is the kind you have to keep putting in rather than the kind you have. A door ど and a yoke りょく, and you drag both. Try harder: どりょく.

Built from

endeavor, effort
奴 servant + 力 power
power, strength
An arm bent hard at the elbow, drawn in a single stroke.

Words sharing these kanji

strength, power ability, capacity cooperation, collaboration with all of one's strength, at full capacity real ability, capability stamina, endurance

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