Moto 勢: Forces; Energy; Military StrengthKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ゼイ
- Kun'yomi
- いきお(い)、はずみ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 214 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ゼイ)
- 勢力せいりょくinfluence; power
- 姿勢しせいposture; pose
- 情勢じょうせいstate of things; state of affairs
- 態勢たいせいattitude; posture
- 大勢おおぜいcrowd of people; great number of people
- 攻勢こうせいoffensive (movement); aggression
- 優勢ゆうせいsuperiority; superior power
- 実勢じっせいactual; real
- 国勢調査こくせいちょうさ(national) census
- 総勢そうぜいall members; whole army
- 気勢きせいfervour; fervor
- 党勢とうせいstrength of a party
- 形勢けいせいcondition; situation
- 体勢たいせいposture; stance
- 劣勢れっせいinferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position
- 国勢こくせいstate of a country (population, resources, etc.); condition of a country
- 威勢いせいpower; might
- 守勢しゅせい(being on the) defensive
- 低姿勢ていしせい(keeping a) low profile
- 余勢よせいsurplus power; momentum
- 加勢かせいassistance; backing
- 勢力圏せいりょくけんsphere of influence
- 去勢きょせいcastration; enervation
- 地勢ちせいtopography
- 多勢たぜいgreat numbers; numerical superiority
- 時勢じせい(trend of) the times; current of the times
- 権勢けんせいpower; influence
- 火勢かせいforce of a fire; force of flames
- 無勢ぶぜいnumerical inferiority; being outnumbered
- 県勢けんせいprefectural strengths (conditions, resources)
- 第三勢力だいさんせいりょくa third force
- 豪勢ごうせいgrand; luxurious
- 趨勢すうせいtendency; trend
- 軍勢ぐんぜいmilitary forces; hosts
- 運勢うんせいfortune; luck
- 騰勢とうせいupward trend
- すう勢すうせいtendency; trend
- その他大勢そのたおおぜい(and) many others; extras (in a film)
- ガチ勢ガチぜいhardcore crowd; people who take their hobby or interest very seriously
- テト攻勢テトこうせいTet Offensive (North Vietnamese offensive launched in January 1968)
- テレマーク姿勢テレマークしせいtelemark position (in a ski jump landing)
- 不勢ぶぜいfew; numerical inferiority
- 世界情勢せかいじょうせいworld situation; world affairs
- 交渉姿勢こうしょうしせいnegotiating posture; attitude to negotiations
- 付勢ふせいenergization (electrical); bias
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 勢いいきおいforce; vigor
Other readings
- 京男に伊勢女きょうおとこにいせおんなthe best men are from Kyoto; the best women from Ise
- 伊勢いせIse (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)
- 伊勢えびいせえびspiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
- 伊勢エビいせえびspiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
- 伊勢乞食いせこじきbeggars at the Ise Grand Shrine
- 伊勢参りいせまいりIse pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
- 伊勢参宮いせさんぐうIse pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine
- 伊勢大廟いせたいびょうthe Grand Shrines of Ise
- 伊勢大神宮いせだいじんぐうthe Grand Shrines of Ise
- 伊勢海老いせえびspiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
- 伊勢神宮いせじんぐうIse Grand Shrine
- 伊勢神道いせしんとうIse Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)
- 伊勢花菖蒲いせはなしょうぶIris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
- 伊勢蝦いせえびspiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
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