いきおい 【勢い】
Define いきおい ikioi Meaning イキオイ
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いきおい【勢い・勢】
(Common Noun)
- Force; Vigor; Vigour; Energy; Spirit; Life
- Influence; Authority; Power; Might
- Impetus; Momentum; Course (of events)
(Common Adverbial noun)
- Naturally; Necessarily
いきおいこむ【勢い込む】
(Godan verb, intransitive)
- To brace oneself
いきおいづく【勢い付く・勢いづく】
(Godan verb, intransitive)
- To gather strength; To take heart
いきおいよく【勢いよく・勢い良く】
(Adverb)
- Vigorously
きこのいきおい【騎虎の勢い】
(Expression)
- Having no choice but to carry on; Having no choice but to go on; Unable to change one's course of action; A man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through
いきおいをふるう【勢いを振るう】
(Expression)
- To wield power; To exercise authority
しぜんのいきおい【自然の勢い】
(Noun)
- Natural tendency; Natural course of events; Force of circumstances
はちくのいきおい【破竹の勢い】
(Expression)
- With great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick)
— Idiomatic expression
どとうのいきおい【怒濤の勢い】
(Expression)
- With great vigour; In leaps and bounds; With the force of surging waves
いきおいあまって【勢い余って・勢いあまって】
(Expression)
- Overenthusiastically
ししふんじんのいきおい【獅子奮迅の勢い】
(Noun)
- Irresistible force
とぶとりをおとすいきおい【飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い】
(Expression)
- Great vigor; Tremendous energy; Forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
— Idiomatic expression
とぶとりもおとすいきおい【飛ぶ鳥も落とす勢い】
(Expression)
- Great vigor; Tremendous energy; Forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
— Idiomatic expression