力量・力倆|りきりょうrikiryou[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounability; capacity; capability; talent
- nounphysical strength
- 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.
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- 能力。


