無む力りょく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

powerless; helpless; ineffective

Describes a state of having no power, ability, or influence to change a situation. Often used with 感じる, 思う, or in the pattern 無力だ.

〈事こと〉の前まえに無む力りょくだto be powerless in the face of something
大だい自し然ぜんの力ちからの前まえに人にん間げんは無む力りょくだ。
Humans are powerless before the forces of nature.
〈事こと〉に対たいして無む力りょくだto be powerless against something
現げん在ざいの医い学がくはこの病びょう気きに対たいして無む力りょくだ。
Modern medicine is powerless against this disease.
自じ分ぶんの無む力りょくを痛つう感かんするto keenly feel one's own powerlessness
何なにもできず、自じ分ぶんの無む力りょくを痛つう感かんした。
Unable to do anything, I keenly felt my own powerlessness.
無む力りょくを感かんじるto feel powerless
大おおきな組そ織しきの前まえで無む力りょくを感かんじた。
I felt powerless in front of the large organization.

無む能のうN1
無能 stresses a judgmental lack of competence or skill, while 無力 more neutrally describes lacking the power or influence to change a situation.
力ちから不ぶ足そく
力不足 describes insufficient strength or resources for a specific task, whereas 無力 conveys a more total, absolute powerlessness.
非ひ力りき
非力 usually refers narrowly to weak physical strength or athletic ability, while 無力 covers a broader sense of powerlessness including social or emotional influence.
無む力りょく感かん
無力 describes the objective state of being powerless, while 無力感 describes the subjective feeling of that powerlessness.

有ゆう力りょくN2
有力 means having power or influence, the direct opposite of 無力's lack of power or effectiveness.
強きょう力りょくN3
強力 describes being strong or powerful, contrasting with 無力's complete lack of strength or effect.
権けん力りょくN2
無力 means being powerless or helpless, the direct opposite of having 権力, the ability to control or influence others.
力りき量りょう
無力 means powerlessness or lack of ability, the direct opposite of having 力量.

無む理りN5
無理 means unreasonable or impossible and is unrelated in meaning to 無力, but learners sometimes confuse the two because both start with 無 and sound similar.
無む気き力りょくN2
無力 means being powerless or incapable of doing something, while 無気力 means lacking the will or motivation to try in the first place.

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 力 (ryoku, 'power'). The meaning is transparent from its components.