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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

勢せい力りょく

seiryoku

influence, power

Example sentences

外国がいこく勢力せいりょくに加担かたんするスパイ活動かつどうにたずさわるならば、あなたは祖国そこくを裏切うらぎることになる。
If you engage in espionage for a foreign power, you are selling your country down the river.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれの勢力せいりょくは国中くにじゅうに及およんでいる。
His influence extends all over the country.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
台風たいふうは勢力せいりょくを弱よわめ嵐あらしに変かわった。
The typhoon became weaker and changed into a storm.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 勢力

勢force; energyOnセイ・ゼイKunいきおい・はずみ
力power; strengthOnリョク・リキ・リイKunちから

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