実じつ力りょく
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Meanings
Noun
1. (real) ability; true strength; merit; efficiency; competency
2. arms; force
Kanji used
Pitch accent
じつりょく
Used in vocabulary
実じつ力りょく派は
talented person; person known for real ability rather than looks
Noun
実じつ力りょく者しゃ
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
Noun
実じつ力りょく伯はく仲ちゅう
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
Noun
実じつ力りょく次し第だい
according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough
Noun
実じつ力りょく本ほん位い
the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability-based (promotion, pay scale, etc.); merit-based
Noun
実じつ力りょく主しゅ義ぎ
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
Noun
実じつ力りょく以い上じょう
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
Expression
Examples15
Real ability wins in the end.
That's my skill talking.
Bill won the match, not so much by good luck as by real ability.
Well then, let's show a little of our real strength shall we?
He is making great progress in English.
He makes believe that he is a practical statesman, but in really he is a cunning politician.