労する

ろうする【労する】

work hard

一生懸命働く.

¶ → 労せずして成功する

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ろうする【労する】

〔骨折る〕 labor; 〔わずらわせる〕 exert oneself; toil; strive; take pains [trouble]; tax one's powers [energies].

●労せずして without trouble [labor, effort]

・彼は労せずしてそれを手に入れた. It fell into his hands before he had made any effort to obtain it.

・労して功なし labor in vain; exert oneself to no purpose; make vain [fruitless] efforts

・労して功なしだった. It was wasted effort. | My labors were fruitless [unavailing]. | My efforts were of no avail. | All my labors were wasted [lost].