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What is effort?
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Kojien (Japanese Dictionary, published by Iwanami)
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goal realization To work hard, both physically and mentally, for the sake of goal realization. To work hard. To work without rest.
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Digital Daijisen
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To strive with all one’s might for a certain goal.
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Daijirin (major dictionary published by Sanseidou)
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To do something with all one’s heart and soul. To work hard to carry out a task. To devote oneself to one’s work.
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The Japanese Dictionary of the Japanese Language, Selection Edition
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To do something with all one’s might. To work hard to accomplish something, without resting or slacking off. Also, the power used to do so.
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Although it is already found in documents from the Nara and early Heian periods, it was not very common until the early modern period, as it is not found in ancient dictionaries from the imperial period or the medieval period. It was not widely used until the Meiji period (1868-1912), when it was adopted as a translation of “effort” in the “Philosophical Dictionary” (1881).
- [Rohan Koda’s “Theory of Effort” (1912).
- The argument is that it is important to clarify the “Purpose of Life.
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effort
- OALD> the physical or mental energy that you need to do something; something that takes a lot of energy
- OALD> an attempt to do something especially when it is difficult to do
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