しょうどう
Meanings
Noun
1. impulse; urge; impetus
I don't even know where this impulse comes from.
Pitch accent
しょ
うどう
Composed of
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
motion
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
sexual urge; sexual drive; libido
Examples (10 in total)
But I firmly hold back that impulse.
I don't know the true nature of the impulse that shakes the heart.
I felt an impulse to cry out loud.
I don't even know where this impulse comes from.
Impulse is not an emotion that comes from reason or intelligence.
I suppress the urge to eat it right here and now.
For a moment, I felt the urge to slam my bags onto the ground.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
Tom couldn't resist the temptation to kiss Mary.
I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.