Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “力を尽くす”

力を尽くす

ちからをつくす

to exert oneself; to make efforts

Example sentence

Everything Rev. Martin Luther King had worked so hard for seemed lost.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

力

On: りょく;りき;りい
Kun: ちから
Stroke count: 2

・power

・strength

・strong

・strain

・bear up

・exert

尽

On: じん;さん
Kun: つ.くす;-つ.くす;-づ.くし;-つ.く;-づ.く;-ず.く;つ.きる;つ.かす;さかづき;ことごと.く;つか;つき
Stroke count: 6

・exhaust

・use up

・run out of

・deplete

・befriend

・serve