いきお
Meanings
Noun
1. force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life
2. influence; authority; power; might
3. impetus; momentum; course (of events)
Adverb
4. naturally; necessarily
Kanji used
vigor
Pitch accent
きお
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
Examples (1 in total)
The typhoon gathered strength.