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努力どりょく

effort

Noun · Verbe · Group 3 verb

彼かれはその問題もんだいを解とこうと努力どりょくした。

He made an effort to solve the problem.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: \N · French : nimfeo

Parts of speech

Noun · Verbal noun that can combine with する · Intransitive

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 3 (irregular) (for construction with する)

Verb usage: intransit

English dictionary meanings

effort
exertion
endeavour
endeavor
hard work
striving

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