労力|ろうりょくrouryoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounlabour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
   コンピューターを使つかえば数字すうじやグラフを扱あつかうときに多おおくの時間じかんと労力ろうりょくが省はぶける。↗

   Computers will save you much time and energy when you deal with figures and graphs.

• Synonym労ろうWrittenMeans toil or trouble; mostly seen in set phrases such as 「労を惜しまない」, and typical of written/formal prose.
• Synonym努力どりょくNeutralEmphasizes consciously striving to do one's best, often as 「努力する」; 「労力」 is the physical labour and time a task requires.
• Related苦労くろうNeutralMeans suffering hardship and worry, with emotional overtones; 「労力」 is the labour and effort put into a task.
• Related労苦ろうくWrittenMeans toil and hardship, stressing the suffering involved; found mainly in written/formal prose.
• Related尽力じんりょくWrittenMeans devoting one's efforts to something, as in 「問題解決に尽力する」; 「ご尽力」 is used to thank someone for their trouble. Written/formal in tone.
• Related骨折りほねおりNeutralRefers to taking pains and running around over something, as in 「お骨折りいただき」 and 「骨折り損」.

Use 「労力」 for the labour and effort a task takes, as in 「労力を省く」 or 「労力がかかる」. For hardship and worry use 「苦労」; to thank someone for their trouble use 「骨折り」 or 「尽力」; for one's own striving use 「努力」.

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

1. 何なんかをするのに要ようする体力たいりょく。
2. 生産せいさんのために必要ひつような人手ひとで。労働力ろうどうりょく。