Illustration: On a residential lane after rain, a neatly dressed adult passes a huge sheet of bubble wrap protruding from their own open moving box. One hand has already darted toward a particularly large bubble, while the other catches that wrist in an exaggerated attempt at self-control.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

衝しょう動どう

shoudou

impulse, urge

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは急きゅうに小説しょうせつを書かきたいという衝動しょうどうにかられた。

    He felt a sudden urge to write a novel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 全すべての生いき物ものは、生いき延のびるための本能的ほんのうてき衝動しょうどうを持もっている。

    All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは衝動しょうどうに駆かられた。

    He was borne away by an impulse.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 衝動

  • 衝collide; bruntOnショウKunつく
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす

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