READING  セイ、いきお-い
MEANING  power
JLPT level N2 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
せいりょく
influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
ゆうせい
superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance
こくせい
state (condition, strength) of a country
けいせい
condition, situation, prospects
おおぜい, たいぜい
many, crowd, great number of people
 
Example sentences
勢力
外国勢力に加担するスパイ活動にたずさわるならば、あなたは祖国を裏切ることになる。
If you engage in espionage for a foreign power, you are selling your country down the river.
 
首都キガリで戦闘が続く中、ルワンダの反政府勢力は南に向かって攻勢を強めています。
Rwandan rebels are pushing their offensive south as fighting continues in the capital Kigali.
優勢
敵の優勢な軍事力の前に彼らは服従しなければならなかった。
They had to submit to the superior force of the enemy.
 
彼らは圧倒的に優勢な敵と戦っていた。
They were attacking against overwhelming odds.
国勢
国勢調査の結果は左派に自己の政策が誤っていたことを信じさせるにいたった。
The result of the census led the left wing to believe that their policy was wrong.
形勢
2人を比較すると彼の方が形勢不利だった。
The comparison between the two was to his disadvantage.
大勢
彼の葬式には大勢の人が参列した。
A great many people attended his funeral.
 
彼女は大勢の少年たちに凝視されているのを意識していたと思う。
I think she was conscious of being stared at by many boys.
 
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