強きょう力りょく

きょ

う

りょ

く

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

Describes something having great physical or abstract strength, force, or effectiveness. Used both as a noun and as a na-adjective.

りょく

が

強きょう

力りょく

だ

。

This vacuum cleaner has powerful suction.

強きょう力りょくなリーダーシップが必ひつ要ようだ。

Strong leadership is needed.

強きょう力りょくな接せっ着ちゃく剤ざいa strong/powerful adhesive
強きょう力りょくな接せっ着ちゃく剤ざいで割われた花か瓶びんを直なおした。
I fixed the broken vase with a strong adhesive.
〈事こと〉を強きょう力りょくに推すい進しんするto push forward with something powerfully/vigorously
政せい府ふはこの政せい策さくを強きょう力りょくに推すい進しんしている。
The government is vigorously pushing this policy forward.
強きょう力りょくなリーダーシップstrong leadership
彼かれは強きょう力りょくなリーダーシップでチームをまとめた。
He united the team with strong leadership.

強つよいN5
強い is the everyday i-adjective for 'strong', while 強力 is a more formal/emphatic na-adjective often used for mechanical or abstract power.
パワフル
パワフル is a casual loanword for 'powerful' common in marketing and informal speech, whereas 強力 is neutral and used in formal or technical contexts.
有ゆう力りょくN2
有力 emphasizes influence or likelihood (a 有力候補 'strong candidate'), while 強力 emphasizes raw power or force.
強きょう大だい
強力 emphasizes physical or functional strength, while 強大 emphasizes overwhelming scale and might, often of nations or organizations.

弱よわいN5
弱い means 'weak', the direct opposite of 強力's sense of great strength or power.
無む力りょくN1
無力 means 'powerless, without strength', contrasting with 強力's sense of great power or effectiveness.

協きょう力りょくN3
協力 (same reading, きょうりょく) means 'cooperation', a completely different word from 強力 'powerful' that learners often mix up because they sound identical.
強きょう度ど
強力 means 'powerful' or 'mighty' and describes an inherent quality, whereas 強度 refers to a measurable degree or intensity of that quality.
強ごう力りき
強力 read as ごうりき is a rare word for herculean strength or a mountain guide, while the same kanji read as きょうりょく is the everyday word meaning 'powerful' or 'strong'.

Compound of 強 (strong) and 力 (power). The reading きょうりょく is the on'yomi of both characters.