引いん力りょく

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

attraction; gravitational pull

Physics term for the force that draws objects together, especially gravity or magnetic attraction.

Figurative use for a person's or thing's power to attract interest or affection.

〈物もの〉に引いん力りょくが働はたらくgravitational attraction acts on something
地ち球きゅうには強つよい引いん力りょくが働はたらいている。
A strong gravitational pull acts on the Earth.
引いん力りょくに引ひかれるto be pulled by gravitational attraction
リンゴは地ち球きゅうの引いん力りょくに引ひかれて落おちる。
An apple falls because it is pulled by the Earth's gravity.
〈人ひと〉に引いん力りょくを感かんじるto feel a strong attraction/pull toward someone
彼かの女じょには不ふ思し議ぎな引いん力りょくを感かんじる。
I feel a strange pull toward her.

重じゅう力りょくN2sense 1
重力 refers specifically to the physical force of gravity, while 引力 is a broader term covering any attractive force, including gravity, magnetism, and figurative charm.
魅み力りょくN3sense 2
魅力 is the everyday word for charm or appeal, while 引力 in its figurative sense is more literary and emphasizes an almost physical pulling force.

斥せき力りょく sense 1
斥力 is the physics term for a repulsive force, the direct opposite of 引力's attractive force.

From 引 (ひく, 'pull') + 力 (ちから, 'force'). The reading いんりょく uses the on'yomi of both kanji.