Illustration: At a rural watermill, a wooden channel pours water onto a large wheel beside the building. Through the open side of the mill, the wheel’s axle and engaged wooden gears visibly connect to a turning millstone. A miller feeds grain into the hopper while another gathers fresh flour beneath it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

動どう力りょく

douryoku

motive power

Example sentences

  1. そのボートは動力どうりょくにモーターを使用しようしている。

    The boat uses a motor for the power.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 鵜飼船うかいせん、観覧用屋形船かんらんようやかたぶねともに動力どうりょくを持もたない手漕てこぎ船せんである。

    Neither ubune nor yakata-bune for tourists has engines and they are rowed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 大西洋上たいせいようじょうの巡航高度じゅんこうこうどから動力どうりょくなしで地上ちじょうへ滑空飛行かっくうひこうし、緊急着陸きんきゅうちゃくりくに成功せいこうした。

    It glided down from cruising altitude over the Atlantic without power and made a successful emergency landing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 動力

  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす
  • 力power; strengthOnリョク・リキ・リイKunちから

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