力量・力倆|りきりょうrikiryou[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
力量力量 is the most common written form and the recommended default for beginners; it is written entirely in kanji.
力倆力倆 is a less common variant written entirely in kanji and uses an outdated kanji; beginners should use 力量 instead.
Definitions
  1. nounability; capacity; capability; talent
    地位ちいは君きみの力量りきりょうしだいだ。↗
    The position is conditional on how well you are able to perform.
  2. nounphysical strength
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym技量ぎりょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. One's level of mastered technique, leaning toward craft, as in 「技量を磨く」; 「力量」 is about overall capacity for a task.
  • Synonym能力のうりょくNeutralThe ability to get things done; a general-purpose word used across the widest range of contexts. 「力量」 leans toward measuring one's fitness for a task.
  • Synonym手腕しゅわんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Skill in handling affairs, as in 「経営手腕」; 「力量」 is about overall capability.
  • Synonym腕前うでまえNeutralOne's craft or skill, as in 「料理の腕前」; 「力量」 leans toward the ability to fill a post or role.
  • Synonym力ちからNeutralCovers physical strength, ability and effect — the widest range of all; 「力量」 focuses on the degree of one's capacity for a task.
  • Synonym技能ぎのうNeutralTechnical or professional skills, as in 「技能検定」; 「力量」 is about overall capacity to handle a task.
  • Synonym実力じつりょくNeutralThe real ability one actually has, as in 「実力を発揮」; 「力量」 leans toward the degree of fitness for a task.
  • Synonym才能さいのうNeutralInborn talent, as in 「音楽の才能」; 「力量」 measures how well one is up to a task.
  • SynonymアビリティーNeutralA loanword for ability or talent, often in gaming contexts; 「力量」 is a kanji compound focused on capacity for a task.
  • SynonymスキルNeutralA loanword for skills gained through training, as in 「スキルアップ」; 「力量」 is about overall capability.
  • Synonym才幹さいかんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The ability to handle affairs well; close in sense to 「力量」, which is the more common word.
  • Synonym才力さいりょくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Innate talent and ability; 「力量」 leans toward the degree of fitness for a task.
  • Synonym才腕さいわんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Outstanding ability in one's field of strength; 「力量」 is the more common word.
  • Related素質そしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Innate qualities or potential for future development, as in 「素質がある」; 「力量」 is about present ability.

Use 「力量」 for the degree to which someone is up to a task, as in 「力量不足」 or 「力量が問われる」. For real ability pick 「実力」, for craft 「腕前」, for technical level 「技量」, for inborn talent 「才能」, for latent aptitude 「素質」. 「能力」 is the everyday all-rounder and 「力」 the broadest; the loanwords 「アビリティー」 and 「スキル」 cover ability and trained skills.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 能力のうりょく。
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