のうりょく
Meanings
Noun
1. ある物事を成し遂げる力。
Kanji used
ability
power
Pitch accent
うりょく
Top 900
Composed of
① 物事を成し遂げることのできる力。はたらき。② ききめ。効能。③ 得意とすること。自慢とすること。例:早いばかりが能ではない。④ わざ、芸(芸能)の意。時代により、「猿楽の能」、「田楽の能」、「延年の能」のように用いられた。⑤ 鎌倉時代に始まり、現代まで続く、日本の伝統演劇。文学、演劇、舞踊、声楽、器楽の要素を含む総合芸術である。また、部分的に仮面劇である。猿楽、「猿楽の能」とも呼ばれる(猿楽などは、今日では歴史的な文脈でのみ使われる)。→能楽(名詞)1,2。
strength; power; proficiency; ability
Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
ability score (as in RPGs); attribute value
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
throughput; processing power
communication skills; communication ability
full capacity; all one's ability
reproductive capability; fertility; fecundity; biotic potential
development of potential ability; capacity development
(linguistic) competence; language capability
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
incompetence; inability; disability; incapacity
meritocracy; merit system
administrative ability; managerial ability; ability to manage; administrative capacity
legal competency; criminal responsibility; ability to fulfil one's responsibilities; full accountability
defense capability; defence capability
spatial awareness; spatial perception
one's intellectual powers; one's mental faculties
self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself
payment based on ability
check of someone's ability; test of someone's ability
carrying (loading) capacity (power)
fertility; capability to conceive
admissibility of a party (to a suit)
Japanese Language Proficiency Test; JLPT
① 一人で法的に有効な行為をする能力。
ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment
legal capacity to hold rights
Examples (52 in total)
Man has the ability to talk.
She was in doubt about the ability of her husband.
I've reached the limits of my ability.