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決定力不足 (けっていりょくぶそく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

決けっ定てい力りょく不ぶ足そく

Meanings

1

noun

lack of finishing power; inability to score

Primarily used in sports contexts to describe a team or player who creates chances but fails to convert them into goals or points.

決けっ定てい力りょく不ぶ足そくが原げん因いんで、チームは勝かち点てんを落おとした。
Due to a lack of finishing power, the team dropped points.
彼かれは決けっ定てい力りょく不ぶ足そくを解かい消しょうするためにシュート練れん習しゅうを増ふやした。
He increased shooting practice to overcome his inability to score.

Kanji

決decide, fix, agree upon
定determine, fix, establish
力power, strength, strong
不

negative, non-, bad

足leg, foot, be sufficient

Similar words

決けっ定てい力りょく
決定力 means 'decisiveness' or 'ability to finish', while 決定力不足 is the lack of that ability.
得とく点てん力りょく不ぶ足そく
得点力不足 is a similar sports term meaning 'lack of scoring ability', often used interchangeably but can refer to overall scoring rather than just finishing chances.

Etymology

Compound of 決定力 (decisiveness, finishing ability) and 不足 (lack, insufficiency).