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怪力 (かいりき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

怪かい力りき

also: かいりょく

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Meanings

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noun

superhuman strength; monstrous strength

Refers to extraordinary physical power beyond normal human limits, often used in fictional or exaggerated contexts.

彼かれは怪かい力りきで岩いわを持もち上あげた。
He lifted the boulder with superhuman strength.
怪かい力りきの持もち主ぬしとして知しられている。
He is known as a person of monstrous strength.

Written forms

怪力Usage100%
- かいりき
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading かいりき is the most common.
- かいりょく
  Alternate reading; less common than かいりき.

かいりょく

Kanji

怪suspicious, mystery, apparition
力power, strength, strong

Similar words

剛ごう力りき
剛力 also means great physical strength, but often implies toughness and resilience rather than the mysterious or monstrous nuance of 怪力.
馬ば力りき
馬力 literally means horsepower; it is a unit of power and not used to describe a person's supernatural strength.

Etymology

Composed of 怪 (mysterious, strange) and 力 (strength). The combination suggests an eerie or monstrous power beyond normal human capacity.