丹精

たんせい【丹精】

painstaking

〖U〗入念；骨折り.

¶ → 丹精こめた

¶ → 丹精こめて

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たんせい【丹精】

〔心を込めてすること〕 devotion; dedication; one's (whole) heart; 〔努力〕 (an) effort; exertion; diligence; industry; assiduity; close application; the sweat of one's brow; 〔苦心〕 pains; painstaking care.

～する 〔心を込める〕 be devoted to…; devote oneself to…; do sth with devotion; put (all) one's heart into…; 〔努力する〕 make an [a strenuous] effort; exert oneself; take (great) pains; apply oneself (closely) to….

●庭の木を丹精して育てる grow [tend] a tree in the garden with great care [devotion]

・丹精して育てた植木が台風でだめになった. The trees I had taken such pains over were destroyed in a typhoon.

●一つ彫り損なおうものなら数か月の丹精が水の泡になる. A wrong cut [One slip of the knife] will spoil the (painstaking) work of months.

●長年の丹精の結果 the fruits of years of effort.

●丹精を凝らす exert oneself to the utmost; make every effort; spare no pains; be painstaking; be elaborate; be assiduous

・丹精を凝らした[つくした]盆栽 a bonsai to which much care has been devoted; a carefully tended bonsai

・丹精を込めた庭 a painstakingly kept garden; a garden kept with constant care

・丹精を込めた作品 an elaborate [a painstaking] (piece of) work.

●私が丹精込めて作った壺が焼き上がった. The pot that I had lavished such pains on was ready.

・ランをこれまでにするにはさぞ大変な丹精だったでしょうな. It must have cost you a lot of care [great pains] to bring your orchid to this stage.