膂りょ力りょく

noun

physical strength; muscular strength

Formal or literary term for bodily power; rarely used in everyday conversation. Often encountered in classical or elevated writing.

• 彼かれは膂りょ力りょくに優すぐれ、大おお岩いわを持もち上あげたという。

  He was said to possess great physical strength and lifted a huge boulder.

• 古こ典てんの英えい雄ゆう譚たんでは、膂りょ力りょくがしばしば称たたえられる。

  In classical heroic tales, muscular strength is often praised.