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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

気き力りょく

kiryoku

energy, willpower

Example sentences

  1. それをする気力きりょくはない。

    I don’t have the energy to do that.

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  2. 雨あめのために彼かれらは気力きりょくをそがれた。

    The rain dampened their spirits.

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  3. 病気びょうきの時ときに、得意とくいな言語以外げんごいがいで話はなす気力きりょくなんてないよ。

    When I’m sick, I don’t have the energy to speak in any other language than my main one.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 気力

  • 気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き
  • 力power; strengthOnリョク・リキ・リイKunちから

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