威力

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Chinese

power; might; prestige power; force; strength
trad. (威力) 威 力
simp. #(威力) 威 力

Pronunciation

Noun

威力

  1. power; might

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威 力
い
Grade: S 		りょく
Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

威(い)力(りょく) • (iryoku) ←ゐりょく (wiryoku)?

  1. power
    新(しん)型(がた)爆(ばく)弾(だん)はその威(い)力(りょく)を世(よ)に示(しめ)した。
    Shingata bakudan wa sono iryoku o yo ni shimeshita.
    The new bomb showed the world its power.
    • 2004 April 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)11(じゅういち)話(わ)　ＶＳ(バーサス)．鷲(わし)尾(お)（中(ちゅう)編(へん)①(いち)） [Chapter 11: VS. Washio (Middle Chapter #1)]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 2, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 80:
      別(べつ)に　けど　叫(さけ)んだ方(ほう)がなんか威(い)力(りょく)が強(つよ)くなるような気(き)がして
      Betsu ni kedo sakenda hō ga nanka iryoku ga tsuyokunaru yō na ki ga shite
      But I feel more powerful when I’m shouting.
  2. (law) force
    威力(いりょく)業務妨害(ぎょうむぼうがい)
    iryoku gyōmu bōgai
    The new bomb showed the world its power.
    • 2004 April 24, Ministry of Justice (Japan), “第(だい)二百三十四(にひゃくさんじゅうし)条(じょう)　（威力(いりょく)業務(ぎょうむ)妨害(ぼうがい)） [Article 234 (Forcible Obstruction of Business)]”, in 刑(けい)法(ほう) [Penal Code of Japan]:
      威力(いりょく)を用(もち)いて人(ひと)の業務(ぎょうむ)を妨害(ぼうがい)した者(もの)も、前条(ぜんじょう)の例(れい)による。
      Iryoku o mochīte hito no gyōmu o bōgaishita mono mo, zenjō no reini yoru.
      A person who obstructs the business of another person by force is dealt with in the same manner as prescribed under the preceding Article.

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
威力

Noun

威力 • (wiryeok) (hangeul 위력)

  1. hanja form? of 위력 (“might”)
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