活かつ力りょく

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

vitality; energy; dynamism

Refers to physical or mental vigor, the driving force behind activity and liveliness.

朝あさの運うん動どうは一いち日にちの活かつ力りょく源げんだ。
Morning exercise is a source of energy for the whole day.
彼かれの話はなしには活かつ力りょくがあって、聞きいている人ひとを引ひきつける。
His talk has a dynamism that draws in the listeners.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に活かつ力りょくを与あたえるto give vitality/energy to something
新あたらしいプロジェクトが社しゃ員いんに活かつ力りょくを与あたえた。
The new project gave the employees a boost of energy.
活かつ力りょくに満みちるto be full of vitality
彼かれは活かつ力りょくに満みちた表ひょう情じょうで仕し事ごとに取とり組くんでいる。
He tackles his work with a face full of energy.
活かつ力りょくを失うしなうto lose one's vitality/energy
長ながい病びょう気きで彼かれは活かつ力りょくを失うしなってしまった。
The long illness left him drained of vitality.
活かつ力りょくを取とり戻もどすto regain one's vitality/energy
休きゅう暇かを取とって活かつ力りょくを取とり戻もどした。
I took a vacation and regained my energy.
〈場ば所しょ〉に活かつ力りょくをもたらすto bring vitality/dynamism to a place (e.g. a town, workplace)
若わか者ものの移い住じゅうが地ち域いきに活かつ力りょくをもたらした。
Young people moving in brought new vitality to the region.

Kanji

活lively, resuscitation, being helped
力power, strength, strong

Related words· 10

元げん気きN5
元気 describes general health and cheerful spirits, while 活力 points to the underlying drive or force that fuels activity.
活かっ気きN3
活気 describes a lively, bustling atmosphere in a place or group, while 活力 is the internal energy an individual possesses.
精せい力りょく
精力 often emphasizes physical stamina or drive (including sexual vigor), while 活力 is a broader, more neutral term for vitality.
エネルギーN3
エネルギー is a loanword used for energy in both scientific and everyday contexts, while 活力 is a native Sino-Japanese term focused on vigor and drive.

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バイタリティ
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.
馬ば力りき
活力 is the general word for vitality or life energy, while 馬力 (in its figurative sense) suggests forceful, driving energy especially in work or effort.
生せい命めい力りょくN2
活力 refers to physical or mental energy and vigor, while 生命力 points to the deeper, fundamental force that keeps something alive.
勢いきおいN3
活力 means vitality or life energy, especially of people or economies, whereas 勢い covers a wider range including force, momentum, and impulse.
ダイナミズム
活力 is the everyday word for vigor or energy in a person or organization, whereas ダイナミズム is a more formal, often intellectual term applied to systems, art, or societies.
英えい気きN1
活力 describes broad vitality or dynamism, often of a group or organization, while 英気 usually refers to an individual's restored personal energy.

Opposites

無む気き力りょくN2
無気力 means lacking vitality or motivation, the direct opposite of having 活力.

Word family

生せい活かつ力りょく
vitality; ability to earn a living

Etymology

Compound of 活 (activity, life) and 力 (power, strength). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of vital energy.