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尽力

じんりょく

efforts, exertion

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Examples

  1. ご尽力に感謝します。

    ごじんりょくにかんしゃします。

    Thank you for your efforts.

  2. 皆様のご尽力により無事に終わりました。

    みなさまのごじんりょくによりぶじにおわりました。

    Thanks to everyone's efforts it ended without a hitch.

  3. 彼は復興のために長年尽力してきた。

    かれはふっこうのためにながねんじんりょくしてきた。

    He has worked tirelessly for reconstruction for many years.

Common patterns

ご尽力に感謝する
to be grateful for your efforts
ご尽力いただく
to receive your efforts on our behalf
尽力を惜しまない
to spare no effort

Memory tip

Literally 'exhausting one's strength' for someone else's cause, so it is praise you give others — usually as ご尽力 — far more often than a claim about yourself. 努力 is neutral effort toward your own goal.

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