ぼうりょく
Meanings
Noun
1. violence; mayhem
Besides, violence is wrong no matter who it's against.
Pitch accent
ぼ
うりょく
Composed of
violence; force
strength; power; proficiency; ability
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
act of violence; violent behavior
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to resort to violence
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
(state) apparatus authorized to use violence (e.g. military, police); instrument of violence
nonviolence; non-violence
member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
violent revolution
sexual violence; gender-related violence
violent scene (in a movie, etc.)
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
police violence; police brutality
ultra-leftist violent group; far-left extremist group
political violence
violence behind closed doors; domestic violence
Examples (20 in total)
We hate violence.
Let's drive violence out of our town.
Violence is the cancer of our society.