しょうどう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. impulse; impetus; urge
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 (6 in total)
sexual urge; sexual drive; libido
impulse control disorder; ICD
Examples (5 in total)
I felt an impulse to cry out loud.
He felt a sudden urge to write a novel.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.