骨折り

ほねおり

Meanings

1. Noun pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services

Kanji

• 骨 bone. Read as ほね.
• 折 fold. Read as おり.

Example sentences

• 骨折りなければ利益なし。
  No pain, no gain.
• 彼と議論するのは骨折り損だ。
  It's pointless arguing with him.
• 彼らの努力は骨折り損に終わった。
  Their efforts came to nothing.

Words containing 骨折り

• 骨折り損 (ほねおりぞん) waste of labor or energy
• 無駄骨折り (むだぼねおり) laboring in vain
• 骨折り損のくたびれ儲け (ほねおりぞんのくたびれもうけ) going through great pains in vain

And 3 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists