勢い
いきおい
force; vigor; vigour; energy
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Noun
force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life- influence; authority; power; might
- impetus; momentum; course (of events)
Adverb
naturally; necessarily
Example sentences
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The typhoon gathered strength.
勢いが弱まってきたね。
It's abating.
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The wind has started picking up.
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The typhoon has lost its power.
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The storm abated.
More examples (7)
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He is going like the devil.
勢いに流されているんですよ。
You are carried along with the slide.
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He was flying down the road.
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He was flying down the road.
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The force of the current carried the bridge away.
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It is beyond the point when anyone can stop him.
しばらくプータローしていて、迷ってたんです。勢いで辞表出しちゃったけど、本当は我慢して続けるべきだったのかな、って。
Having idled jobless for a while I wavered. I'd rushed into handing in my notice but maybe I should have endured it and kept going...