勢い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勢
いきお Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominalized from 勢ふ (ikifofu)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) いきおい [ìkíóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ikʲio̞i]

Noun

勢(いきお)い • (ikioi) ^{←いきほひ (ikifofi)^?}

force; power; strength; energy; vigor
勢(いきお)いよくボールを投(な)げる
ikioi yoku bōru o nageru
throw the ball with full force
(literally, “throw the ball with excellent vigour”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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