力作|りきさくrikisaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
りょくさくryokusaku
Definitions
  1. nounpainstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding workesp. りきさく
    今回こんかい発売はつばいされたアルバムは、ストーリー仕立したてになっていて力作りきさくだ。↗
    Her latest album is a tour de force. It even has a storyline.
  2. noun, suru verbtoil; labor; labouresp. りょくさく
Conjugation
Dictionary form力作する(りきさくする)
Polite (masu)力作します(りきさくします)
Negative (nai)力作しない(りきさくしない)
polite (masen)力作しません(りきさくしません)
classical zu / nu力作せず・力作せぬ(りきさくせず・りきさくせぬ)
Past (ta)力作した(りきさくした)
polite (mashita)力作しました(りきさくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)力作しなかった(りきさくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)力作しませんでした(りきさくしませんでした)
Te form力作して(りきさくして)
Potential力作できる(りきさくできる)
Passive力作される(りきさくされる)
Causative力作させる(りきさくさせる)
Causative passive力作させられる(りきさくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)力作すれば(りきさくすれば)
tara力作したら(りきさくしたら)
Volitional力作しよう(りきさくしよう)
polite (mashou)力作しましょう(りきさくしましょう)
Imperative力作しろ(りきさくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym労作ろうさくWrittenA work completed through great labor, stressing the effort expended; 「力作」 stresses the heart poured into it.
  • Related労苦ろうくWrittenToil and hardship; stresses the suffering of laboring itself and has nothing to do with works.
  • Related辛苦しんくWrittenWritten word for hardship and toil; stresses the process of suffering, as in 「辛苦を嘗める」.
  • Related粒々辛苦りゅうりゅうしんくWrittenFour-character idiom for grain-by-grain toil; stresses the process of diligent effort, not a finished work.
  • Related労するろうするWrittenWritten verb meaning to labor or to put others to work; carries no sense of a finished work.
  • Related汗するあせするWrittenWritten verb for sweating over work, as in 「額に汗する」; describes the labor, not the result.
  • Relatedこつこつ働くこつこつはたらくNeutralDescriptive phrase for plugging away steadily; stresses the look of diligent labor rather than any work produced.
  • Antonym駄作ださくNeutralA poor, worthless work; the direct opposite of a masterpiece like 「力作」.
  • Antonym粗作WrittenA crudely, carelessly made work; rare, and the opposite of the careful effort behind 「力作」.

Use 「力作」 for a work into which heart and effort have been poured, as in 「渾身の力作」. For a work that cost much labor, say 「労作」; for the toil itself, use 「辛苦」 or 「労苦」. 「労する」, 「汗する」 and 「こつこつ働く」 describe laboring, not works. The opposite is 「駄作」, or the rare 「粗作」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 心こころをこめ、力ちからを入いれた作品さくひん。
  2. 作業さぎょうに尽力じんりょくすること。労働ろうどう。
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