Illustration: Viewed from inside a securely closed neighborhood shop, a typhoon lashes a residential street. A roadside tree bows sharply, a bicycle rack has toppled, and a detached awning twists against its remaining support.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

猛もう威い

moui

fury, destructive force

Commonly used in 猛威を振るう for storms or disease. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

インフルエンザが都市部としぶで猛威もういを振ふるった。
The flu struck the metropolitan area.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ヨットは猛威もういを振ふるう嵐あらしの中なかに翻弄ほんろうされた。
The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
この空模様そらもようでは、おそらく明日あしたの今いまごろは台風たいふうが猛威もういをふるっているだろう。
From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 猛威

猛fierce; raveOnモウ
威intimidate; dignityOnイKunおどす・おどし・おどかす

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