いきおい

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life

    • あらしの勢いが弱まった。
      The storm abated.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    influence, authority, power, might

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    impetus, momentum, course (of events)

    • 勢いに流されているんですよ。
      You are carried along with the slide.
  4. adverb (fukushi)

    naturally, necessarily