Illustration: In the shared courtyard of a Japanese apartment block, a resident washing outdoor tiles grips a garden hose just as a forceful jet erupts from it. Their feet spread wide and their torso leans back against the hose’s pull.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

勢いきおい

ikioi

force, vigor

Example sentences

あらしの勢いきおいが弱よわまった。
The storm abated.
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流ながれの勢いきおいが橋はしを押おし流ながしてしまった。
The force of the current carried the bridge away.
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台風たいふうが勢いきおいを増ました。
The typhoon gathered strength.
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Kanji in 勢

勢force; energyOnセイ・ゼイKunいきおい・はずみ

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