Japanese

Noun

労力 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 勞力, hiragana ろうりょく, romaji rōryoku)

1. work, labors
2. labor, manpower, number of laborers

   多大 (ただい)な労力 (ろうりょく)を必要 (ひつよう)とした。

   Tadai na rōryoku o hitsuyō to shita.

   It was a laborious job.

Synonyms

• (work): 骨折 (ほねお)り ‎(honeori)
• (manpower): 労働力 (ろうどうりょく) ‎(rōdōryoku)

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067