バイタリティ

also: バイタリティー · ヴァイタリティ · ヴァイタリティー

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

vitality; energy; vigor

Refers to physical or mental liveliness, drive, and the power to endure. Often used for a person's energetic character or dynamic presence.

彼かの女じょのバイタリティにはいつも驚おどろかされる。
I'm always amazed by her vitality.
仕し事ごとにはバイタリティが必ひつ要ようだ。
You need vitality for work.

Usage patterns

バイタリティがあるto have vitality/energy
彼かれは年ねん齢れいに関かん係けいなくバイタリティがある人ひとだ。
He's a person full of vitality regardless of his age.
バイタリティに溢あふれるto be overflowing with vitality
彼かの女じょはいつもバイタリティに溢あふれている。
She is always overflowing with vitality.
バイタリティを感かんじるto feel someone's vitality
彼かれのスピーチからバイタリティを感かんじた。
I felt a sense of vitality from his speech.

Related words

活かつ力りょくN2
活力 is a more formal, often written term for vitality or energy, while バイタリティ is a casual loanword emphasizing a person's dynamic drive and liveliness.
元げん気きN5
元気 is the everyday word for being well, healthy, or cheerful, whereas バイタリティ suggests a deeper, sustained inner energy and drive.
精せい力りょく
精力 focuses on vigorous physical or sexual energy, while バイタリティ more broadly covers overall liveliness and resilience of character.

Opposites

無む気き力りょくN2
無気力 describes a listless, apathetic state with no drive, the opposite of the energetic, driven quality expressed by バイタリティ.

Written forms

バイタリティUsage49%
Most common spelling; loanword from English 'vitality'.
バイタリティーUsage48%
Variant with long vowel marker; less common but still used.
ヴァイタリティUsage2%
search-only kana form
Search-only form reflecting an alternative transliteration; not a standard spelling.
ヴァイタリティーUsage2%
search-only kana form
Search-only form; long vowel variant of the alternative transliteration.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'vitality', borrowed into Japanese with the typical katakana adaptation.