Word Meaning 犬馬の労

けんばのろう kemba no rou

犬馬の労 is read as けんばのろう (kemba no rou) and means rendering what little service one can.

Meaning

English

  1. rendering what little service one can

Reading

Kana

けんばのろう

Romaji

kemba no rou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb Rank 131403 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

犬馬

けんば

dogs and horses

過労

かろう

overwork

苦労

くろう

anxiety

勤労

きんろう

labor

疲労

ひろう

fatigue (of metal, etc.)

心労

しんろう

anxiety

徒労

とろう

fruitless effort

ろう

labor

一苦労

ひとくろう

a hard time

気苦労

きぐろう

worry

国労

こくろう

National Railway Workers' Union (abbr)