力作|りきさくrikisaku[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounpainstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding workesp. りきさく
- 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.
- 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


