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qiǎng
    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
 kyou / kyo
    きょう

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Strong / Powerful / Force
to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi
Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen.


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dùn
    dun4
tun
 tomi; ton; toni
    とみ; とん; とに

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Dayton
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi
To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually.

功夫

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gōng fu
    gong1 fu5
kung fu
 kanfuu; kunfuu / kanfu; kunfu
    カンフー; クンフー

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Kung Fu / Gong Fu
skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
(kana only) {MA} kung fu (chi: gōngfu); (male given name) Norio
work

努力

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nǔ lì
    nu3 li4
nu li
 doryoku
    どりょく

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Great Endeavor / To Strive
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
(n,vs,vi) effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving; (surname) Nuriki
to strive

協力


协力

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xié lì
    xie2 li4
hsieh li
 kyouryoku / kyoryoku
    きょうりょく

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Cooperation
to unite in common effort
(n,vs,adj-no) cooperation; collaboration

精進


精进

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jīng jìn
    jing1 jin4
ching chin
 shoujin(p); soujin(ok); shouji(ok); souji(ok) / shojin(p); sojin(ok); shoji(ok); soji(ok)
    しょうじん(P); そうじん(ok); しょうじ(ok); そうじ(ok)
to forge ahead vigorously; to dedicate oneself to progress
(n,vs,vi) (1) concentration; diligence; devotion; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (See 六波羅蜜) asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; (n,vs,vi) (3) adherence to a vegetarian diet; (surname) Shoujin
vīrya, one of the seven bodhyaṅga; 'vigour,' 'valour, fortitude,' 'virility' (M.W.); 'welldoing' (Keith). The Chinese interpretation may be defined, as pure or unadulterated progress, i.e. 勤 zeal, zealous, courageously progressing in the good and eliminating the evil.; vīrya, zeal, unchecked progress.

自強


自强

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zì qiáng
    zi4 qiang2
tzu ch`iang
    tzu chiang
 jikyou / jikyo
    じきょう

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Inner Strength / Self-Improvement
to strive for self-improvement
(noun/participle) strenuous effort

正精進


正精进

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zhèng jīng jìn
    zheng4 jing1 jin4
cheng ching chin
 shoushoujin / shoshojin
    しょうしょうじん
{Buddh} (See 八正道) correct effort
samyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith.

滴水穿石

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dī shuǐ chuān shí
    di1 shui3 chuan1 shi2
ti shui ch`uan shih
    ti shui chuan shih

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Dripping Water Penetrates Stone
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.

全力

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quán lì
    quan2 li4
ch`üan li
    chüan li
 zenryoku
    ぜんりょく
with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

力作

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lì zuò
    li4 zuo4
li tso
 rikisaku(p); ryokusaku
    りきさく(P); りょくさく
to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc); a masterpiece
(1) (esp. りきさく) painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work; (noun/participle) (2) (form) (esp. りょくさく) toil; labor; labour; (given name) Rikisaku

苦心

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kǔ xīn
    ku3 xin1
k`u hsin
    ku hsin
 kushin
    くしん
painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
(n,vs,vi) pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

一暴十寒

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yī pù shí hán
    yi1 pu4 shi2 han2
i p`u shih han
    i pu shih han
 ichibakujikkan
    いちばくじっかん
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; short attention span
(expression) (1) (yoji) (from Mencius) bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; (expression) (2) (yoji) strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail

自力更生

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zì lì gēng shēng
    zi4 li4 geng1 sheng1
tzu li keng sheng
 jirikikousei / jirikikose
    じりきこうせい
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
(noun/participle) (yoji) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help

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chū
    chu1
ch`u
    chu
 de
    で
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
(n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon); (n,n-suf) (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (n,n-suf) (3) start; beginning; (n,n-suf) (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (n,n-suf) (5) architectural member that projects outward; (n,n-suf) (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (n,n-suf) (7) (kana only) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (surname) De
To go out, come forth, put forth; exit; beyond.

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huá
    hua2
hua
to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do something)

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gōng
    gong1
kung
 kou / ko
    こう
meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
(1) merit; success; meritorious deed; (2) achievement; accumulated experience; (male given name) Tsutomu
Merit, meritorious; achievement, hence 功力 achieving strength, earnest effort after the good).

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shào
    shao4
shao
 tsutomu
    つとむ
stimulate to effort
(female given name) Tsutomu

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láo
    lao2
lao
 rou / ro
    ろう
Japanese variant of 勞|劳
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving; (given name) Rou

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miǎn
    mian3
mien
 masaru
    まさる
to exhort; to make an effort
(given name) Masaru
to endeavor


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mài
    mai4
mai
put forth effort

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shǒu
    shou3
shou
 te
    て
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
(1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki
pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm.

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fān
    fan1
fan
 ban
    ばん
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
(n,n-suf) (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (suffix noun) (4) rank; standing; position; (n,n-suf) (5) {sumo} bout; match; (suffix noun) (6) pieces (in a collection); (surname) Ban
Barbarian, foreign; a time, a turn.


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mài
    mai4
mai
 mai
to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
To sell.

一息

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yī xī
    yi1 xi1
i hsi
 hitoiki
    ひといき
(1) one breath; (2) time of one breath; (3) pause; break; rest; breather; (4) (as 一息に) (doing in) one go; doing without stopping; (5) small amount of effort; a little more effort
A breath, i.e. inspiration-cum-expiration; a rest, or cessation.

一手

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yī shǒu
    yi1 shou3
i shou
 hitote
    ひとて
a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
(1) one's own effort; doing single-handedly; (2) a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match; (3) a dance; a (musical) composition; (4) a company (e.g. of soldiers); a group; a party; (5) one hand
one hand

一挙

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 ikkyo
    いっきょ
(adv,n) one effort; one action

丹精

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 tansei / tanse
    たんせい
(noun/participle) working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

丹誠

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 tansei / tanse
    たんせい
(noun/participle) working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

人力

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rén lì
    ren2 li4
jen li
 jinriki; jinryoku
    じんりき; じんりょく
manpower; labor power
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

人手

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rén shǒu
    ren2 shou3
jen shou
 hitode
    ひとで
manpower; staff; human hand
(1) someone else's hands; someone else's possession; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; labour; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance; (5) (human) hand; human act
a person's hand

人為


人为

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rén wéi
    ren2 wei2
jen wei
 jini
    じんい
artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
(noun - becomes adjective with の) human work; human agency; art; artificiality

力挫

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lì cuò
    li4 cuo4
li ts`o
    li tso
to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition

力求

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lì qiú
    li4 qiu2
li ch`iu
    li chiu
to make every effort to; striving to do one's best

力編

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 rikihen
    りきへん
(See 力作・1) painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work

功勳

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gōng xūn
    gong1 xun1
kung hsün
 kōkun
merits of effort

加大

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jiā dà
    jia1 da4
chia ta
to increase (e.g. one's effort)

加油

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jiā yóu
    jia1 you2
chia yu
 jaayuu; jaayou; jayou; gaayau / jayu; jayo; jayo; gayau
    ジャーユー; ジャーヨウ; ジャヨウ; ガーヤウ
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
(interjection) (See 頑張って) keep going (chi: jiāyóu); hang in there; go for it; add oil

加行

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jiā xíng
    jia1 xing2
chia hsing
 kagyou / kagyo
    かぎょう
(surname) Kagyou
prayoga. Added progress, intensified effort, earnest endeavour.

励む

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 hagemu
    はげむ
(v5m,vi) to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to; to make an effort; to be zealous

労作

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 rousaku / rosaku
    ろうさく
(noun/participle) (1) toil; labor; labour; laborious task; (2) painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort

労力

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 rouryoku / roryoku
    ろうりょく
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

勉力

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miǎn lì
    mian3 li4
mien li
to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself

動勇


动勇

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dòng yǒng
    dong4 yong3
tung yung
 dōyō
willful effort

動發


动发

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dòng fā
    dong4 fa1
tung fa
 dōhotsu
willful effort

勤財


勤财

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qín cái
    qin2 cai2
ch`in ts`ai
    chin tsai
 gonzai
jewel of effort

勱勵


劢励

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mài lì
    mai4 li4
mai li
 mairei
to make effort

取組

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 torikumi
    とりくみ
(1) bout (in sports, etc.); match; (2) effort; initiative; dealing with; grappling with; wrestling with; (place-name) Torikumi

吃力

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chī lì
    chi1 li4
ch`ih li
    chih li
to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain

合力

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hé lì
    he2 li4
ho li
 gouryoku(p); gouriki; kouryoku / goryoku(p); goriki; koryoku
    ごうりょく(P); ごうりき; こうりょく
to join forces; concerted effort; (physics) resultant force
(noun/participle) (1) (ごうりょく only) resultant force; (noun/participle) (2) assistance; help; (noun/participle) (3) donation; alms; almsgiving; (place-name, surname) Gouriki

周折

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zhōu zhé
    zhou1 zhe2
chou che
twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort; CL:番[fan1]

周章

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zhōu zhāng
    zhou1 zhang1
chou chang
 shuushou / shusho
    しゅうしょう
(literary) effort; trouble; pains (to get something done); (literary) frightened; terrified
(n,vs,vi) (form) (See 周章狼狽) confusion; panic

四病

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sì bìng
    si4 bing4
ssu ping
 shibyō
The four ailments, or mistaken ways of seeking perfection: 作病 'works' or effort; 任病 laissez-faire; 止病 cessation of all mental operation; 滅病 annihilaīon (of all desire).

四道

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sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shimichi
    しみち
(surname) Shimichi
The Dao or road means the nirvana road; the 'four' are rather modes of progress, or stages in it: (1) 加行道 discipline or effort, i. e. progress from the 三賢 and 四善根 stages to that of the 三學位, i. e. morality, meditation, and understanding; (2) 無間道 uninterrupted progress to the stage in which all delusion is banished; (3) 解脫道 liberaton, or freedom, reaching the state of assurance or proof and knowledge of the truth; and (4) 勝進道 surpassing progress in dhyāni-wisdom. Those four stages are also associated with those of srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat.

奔走

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bēn zǒu
    ben1 zou3
pen tsou
 honsou / honso
    ほんそう
to run; to rush about; to be on the go
(n,vs,vi) running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

奮力


奋力

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fèn lì
    fen4 li4
fen li
to do everything one can; to spare no effort; to strive

奮闘

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 funtou / funto
    ふんとう
(n,vs,vi) (1) strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; (n,vs,vi) (2) hard fighting; fierce fighting

孤調


孤调

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gū diào
    gu1 diao4
ku tiao
 kochō
Self-arranging, the Hīnayāna method of salvation by individual effort.

尅果


克果

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kè guǒ
    ke4 guo3
k`o kuo
    ko kuo
 kokka
To obtain the fruit of endeavour; the fruit of effort, i.e. salvation.

對賭


对赌

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duì dǔ
    dui4 du3
tui tu
to place a bet (with sb); to take a risk (with one's time and effort etc, e.g. on a business venture)

工夫

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gōng fu
    gong1 fu5
kung fu
 koufu / kofu
    こうふ
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
(dated) (sensitive word) labourer; laborer; workman
Time, work, a term for meditation; also 功夫.

徒労

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 torou / toro
    とろう
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

徒勞


徒劳

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tú láo
    tu2 lao2
t`u lao
    tu lao
 torō
futile
wasted effort

性善

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xìng shàn
    xing4 shan4
hsing shan
 seizen; shouzen / sezen; shozen
    せいぜん; しょうぜん
the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good
(しょうぜん is a Buddhist term) intrinsic goodness; (personal name) Shouzen
Good by nature (rather than by effort); naturally good; in contrast with 性惡 evil by nature. Cf. 性具.

性得

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xìng dé
    xing4 de2
hsing te
 shōtoku
Natural attainment, i. e. not acquired by effort; also 生得.

感進


感进

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gǎn jìn
    gan3 jin4
kan chin
 kanjin
To move to zeal, or inspire to progress.

慘淡


惨淡

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cǎn dàn
    can3 dan4
ts`an tan
    tsan tan
dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort

懸命

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 kenmei / kenme
    けんめい
(noun or adjectival noun) eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

払う

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 harau
    はらう
(transitive verb) (1) to pay (e.g. money, bill); (transitive verb) (2) to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); (transitive verb) (3) to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); (transitive verb) (4) to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; (transitive verb) (5) to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); (transitive verb) (6) to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; (transitive verb) (7) to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; (transitive verb) (8) to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; (transitive verb) (9) to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); (transitive verb) (10) to reset (an abacus)

折枝

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zhé zhī
    zhe2 zhi1
che chih
 orie
    おりえ
massage; snapped-off branch; sprig; to snap a twig (i.e. something that requires very little effort)
(female given name) Orie

捐物

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juān wù
    juan1 wu4
chüan wu
to donate goods (to a relief effort); to contribute material

掉尾

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 choubi; toubi; takubi(ik) / chobi; tobi; takubi(ik)
    ちょうび; とうび; たくび(ik)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) final effort; final spurt; (2) end; close; conclusion

施加

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shī jiā
    shi1 jia1
shih chia
to exert (effort or pressure)

普請


普请

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pǔ qǐng
    pu3 qing3
p`u ch`ing
    pu ching
 fushin
    ふしん
(noun/participle) (1) building; construction; (noun/participle) (2) group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
communal

會戰


会战

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huì zhàn
    hui4 zhan4
hui chan
(military) to meet for a decisive battle; (military) battle; (fig.) large-scale concerted effort

有勤

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yǒu qín
    you3 qin2
yu ch`in
    yu chin
 u gon
with effort

本腰

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 hongoshi
    ほんごし
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness

極力


极力

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jí lì
    ji2 li4
chi li
 kyokuryoku
    きょくりょく
to make a supreme effort; at all costs
(adverb) to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

正勤

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zhèng qín
    zheng4 qin2
cheng ch`in
    cheng chin
 shōgon
correct effort

死力

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 shiryoku
    しりょく
desperate effort

沙門


沙门

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shā mén
    sha1 men2
sha men
 shamon; samon
    しゃもん; さもん
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk
{Buddh} shramana (wandering monk); (surname) Shamon
śramaṇa. 桑門; 娑門; 喪門; 沙門那; 舍羅磨拏; 沙迦懣曩; 室摩那拏 (1) Ascetics of all kinds; 'the Sarmanai, or Samanaioi, or Germanai of the Greeks, perhaps identical also with the Tungusian Saman or Shaman.' Eitel. (2) Buddhist monks 'who 'have left their families and quitted the passions', the Semnoi of the Greeks'. Eitel. Explained by 功勞 toilful achievement, 勤息 diligent quieting (of the mind and the passions), 淨志 purity of mind, 貧道 poverty. 'He must keep well the Truth, guard well every uprising (of desire), be uncontaminated by outward attractions, be merciful to all and impure to none, be not elated to joy nor harrowed by distress, and able to bear whatever may come.' The Sanskrit root is śram, to make effort; exert oneself, do austerities.

流す

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 nagasu
    ながす
(transitive verb) (1) to drain; to pour; to run; to let flow; to flush; to shed (blood, tears); to spill; (transitive verb) (2) to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; (transitive verb) (3) to wash away; to carry away; to sweep away; (transitive verb) (4) to broadcast; to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker); to send (electricity through a wire); (transitive verb) (5) to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.); to spread; to distribute; (v5s,vi) (6) to cruise (of a taxi); to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.); to go from place to place; (transitive verb) (7) to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.); to call off; to reject (e.g. a bill); (transitive verb) (8) to forfeit (a pawn); (v5s,vi) (9) to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming); to do with ease; to do effortlessly; (transitive verb) (10) to exile; to banish; (transitive verb) (11) {baseb} to hit (the ball) to the opposite field; (suf,v5s) (12) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do inattentively; to do without concentrating; to put little effort into doing

涅槃

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niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
nirvana (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

混事

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hùn shì
    hun4 shi4
hun shih
to work half-heartedly; to get by in a job with the minimum effort

無功


无功

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wú gōng
    wu2 gong1
wu kung
 mukō
no effort

燃焼

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 nenshou / nensho
    ねんしょう
(n,vs,vi) (1) burning; combustion; (n,vs,vi) (2) exerting all strength; making an effort

爭得


争得

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zhēng dé
    zheng1 de2
cheng te
to obtain by an effort; to strive to get something

狠勁


狠劲

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hěn jìn
    hen3 jin4
hen chin
to exert all one's force; all-out effort; CL:股[gu3]

独力

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 dokuryoku
    どくりょく
one's own effort

用功

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yòng gōng
    yong4 gong1
yung kung
 yūkō
diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort
exertion

發奮


发奋

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fā fèn
    fa1 fen4
fa fen
to make an effort; to push for something; to work hard

發憤


发愤

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fā fèn
    fa1 fen4
fa fen
to make a determined effort

盡力


尽力

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jìn lì
    jin4 li4
chin li
 jinriki
to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
to exhaust one's powers

省力

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shěng lì
    sheng3 li4
sheng li
 shouryoku / shoryoku
    しょうりょく
to save labor; to save effort
(noun, transitive verb) labor saving; reduction of labor

省勁


省劲

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shěng jìn
    sheng3 jin4
sheng chin
to save labor; to save effort

突擊


突击

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tū jī
    tu1 ji1
t`u chi
    tu chi
sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly

策勵


策励

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cè lì
    ce4 li4
ts`e li
    tse li
 sakurei
to encourage; to urge; to impel; to spur sb on
effort

給力


给力

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gěi lì
    gei3 li4
kei li
cool; nifty; awesome; impressive; to put in extra effort

綿薄


绵薄

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mián bó
    mian2 bo2
mien po
my humble effort; my meager contribution (humble)

耗力

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hào lì
    hao4 li4
hao li
to require much effort

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