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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

勤きん労ろう

kinrou

labor, work

Example sentences

  1. 勤労きんろうによって日本にっぽんは今日きょうの日本にっぽんになった。

    Hard work has made Japan what it is today.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 店員てんいんへの配当はいとうによって勤労きんろう意欲いよくを喚起かんきし、これは伝統的でんとうてきな近江商法おうみしょうほうに属ぞくする。

    Such dividend to the employees enhanced their motivation to work, which was the method of management that had been traditionally applied by Omi merchants.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 花館村はなだてむらに移住いじゅうし、豪農ごうのう・佐々木多右衛門家ささきたえもんけに滞在たいざいしながら、「働はたらかなければ生活せいかつはできない」という勤労きんろうの気風きふうを植うえつけた。

    After moving to Hanadate Village, he stayed with the family of the wealthy farmer Sasaki Taemon and instilled the belief that people must work to make a living.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 勤労

  • 勤diligence; become employedOnキン・ゴンKunつとめる・つとまる・いそしむ
  • 労labor; thank forOnロウKunろうする・いたわる・いたずき

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