衝動
しょうどう
impulse; urge; impetus
Common word
Meanings
Noun
impulse; urge; impetus
Example sentences
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He was borne away by an impulse.
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She was borne away by an impulse.
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I felt an impulse to cry out loud.
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I felt an impulse to cry out loud.
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He felt a sudden urge to write a novel.
More examples (7)
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I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.
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It was hard to resist the impulse to wring Tom's neck.
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All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
たぶん彼女の潜在意識の中にそういう衝動があったんでしょうね。
Maybe the impulse was working upon her subconscious.
トムはメアリーにキスしたいという衝動に逆らうことができなかった。
Tom couldn't resist the temptation to kiss Mary.
これらすべてのスポーツ、および他の多くのものは、何かをめざしたいという人間の衝動に支配されている。
All of these sports and many others are dominated by the human urge to aim at something.
「女の子とキスしてみたいとか思わないの?」「うん。そういう衝動にかられたことないんだよな」「えっ、男の子としてみたいとかってこと?」「違います!」
"Don't you ever feel like you want to kiss a girl?" "Not really. I just haven't really felt that sort of urge." "You mean that you're more into boys?" "That's not what I meant."