気き力りょく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the mental or spiritual energy needed to face challenges, keep going, or take action. Often used when that energy is low or depleted.

気き力りょくが続つづかなくて、途と中ちゅうで諦あきらめてしまった。
I ran out of willpower and gave up halfway.
病びょう気きから回かい復ふくしても、まだ気き力りょくが戻もどらない。
Even after recovering from the illness, my energy hasn't come back yet.

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Usage patterns

気き力りょくを失うしなうto lose one's willpower/energy
何なん度ども失しっ敗ぱいして気き力りょくを失うしなってしまった。
After failing so many times, I lost all my will to keep going.
気き力りょくが尽つきるto run out of energy/willpower
長ながい交こう渉しょうの末すえ、気き力りょくが尽つきてしまった。
After the long negotiation, I was completely out of energy.
気き力りょくを振ふり絞しぼるto muster up one's last bit of willpower
残のこりの気き力りょくを振ふり絞しぼってゴールまで走はしった。
I mustered up my remaining willpower and ran to the finish line.
気き力りょくが湧わくfor energy/motivation to well up
彼かれの言こと葉ばを聞きいて、また気き力りょくが湧わいてきた。
Hearing his words, I felt my energy welling up again.
気き力りょくを保たもつto maintain one's willpower/energy
高こう齢れいになっても気き力りょくを保たもつことが大たい切せつだ。
It's important to keep up your vitality even as you get older.

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
力power, strength, strong

Related words· 15

根こん気きN2
根気 is the patience and persistence needed to stick with a long, tedious task, while 気力 is the inner drive or mental energy to start or keep going at all.
体たい力りょくN2
体力 is physical strength or stamina, while 気力 is mental or spiritual energy.
精せい神しん力りょく
精神力 emphasizes disciplined mental fortitude to endure hardship, while 気力 is the more general energy or drive needed just to act.
意い欲よくN2
意欲 stresses eagerness or desire directed at a goal, while 気力 is the raw energy or vitality that powers action.

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やる気きN3
やる気 is a casual, everyday word for feeling motivated to do a specific task, while 気力 is a broader term for inner energy or vitality in general.
根こん性じょうN1
気力 is the mental energy or will needed to act, while 根性 stresses gritty perseverance through hardship.
意い気き
気力 emphasizes raw mental energy or willpower to keep going, while 意気 refers more broadly to one's morale or spirited disposition.
覇は気き
気力 is the mental or physical energy needed to keep going, often stamina or willpower, while 覇気 emphasizes an outward, ambitious, or spirited drive.
士し気き
気力 is a person's mental or physical energy and drive, whereas 士気 specifically describes the shared morale of a team, army, or organization.
英えい気きN1
気力 emphasizes mental willpower or motivation, whereas 英気 is mainly used in set phrases like 英気を養う, meaning to restore vigor for what lies ahead.
気き合あいN1
気力 refers to underlying mental/physical energy or vitality in general, while 気合 is the sharp, deliberate spirit mustered for a specific effort.
生せい命めい力りょくN2
気力 is mental drive or willpower to do something, while 生命力 is the more basic force sustaining life itself.
精せい力りょく
気力 focuses on mental willpower or drive to keep going, while 精力 covers both physical and mental energy more broadly.
気き概がい
気力 is general mental/physical energy or vigor, while 気概 specifically means courageous resolve in facing hardship.
魂たましいN1
気力 is plain energy or motivation, while 魂 in its 'willpower' sense implies a deeper, almost spiritual inner drive.

Don't confuse with

精せい力りょく
精力 usually refers to physical vigor or stamina (often with connotations of sexual energy), while 気力 refers to mental willpower or drive.
体たい力りょくN2
気力 is mental energy or willpower, while 体力 is purely physical strength and stamina, so the two are often paired but not interchangeable.

Word family

無む気き力りょくN2
apathy; lethargy; lack of energy
気き力りょく旺おう盛せい
full of energy; highly motivated; full of drive
気き力りょく横おう溢いつ
full of vitality; exuberant; effervescent
電でん磁じ気き力りょく
electromagnetic force
静せい電でん気き力りょく
electrostatic force; Coulomb force

Built from

気き+力りょく

Etymology

Compound of 気 (spirit, mind) and 力 (power, strength). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows naturally from the components.