JLPT N1 · な-adjective

有力 (yuuryoku)

有力 (ゆうりょく, yuuryoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “influential; prominent”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆうりょく
Romaji: yuuryoku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

influential; prominent; leading · な-adjective, noun
strong; powerful; likely; plausible; promising · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

コカ・コーラは清涼飲料水ではいつも最有力会社だ。

Coke has always been the top dog when it comes to soft drinks.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 有力

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	有力だ	ゆうりょくだ yuuryokuda
Present (polite)	有力です	ゆうりょくです yuuryokudesu
Negative	有力じゃない	ゆうりょくじゃない yuuryokujanai
Past	有力だった	ゆうりょくだった yuuryokudatta
Negative past	有力じゃなかった	ゆうりょくじゃなかった yuuryokujanakatta
Te-form	有力で	ゆうりょくで yuuryokude
Before a noun	有力な	ゆうりょくな yuuryokuna
Adverb (~ni)	有力に	ゆうりょくに yuuryokuni

Kanji in 有力

有

possess, have, existユウ・ウ・あ.る · 6 strokes

力

power, strength, strongリョク・リキ・ちから · 2 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 有力.

有るあるto be有名ゆうめいfamous有無うむexistence or nonexistence有効ゆうこうvalid有能ゆうのうable有利ゆうりadvantageous有機ゆうきorganic有料ゆうりょうfee-charging有難いありがたいgrateful有ゆうexistence国有こくゆうnational ownership固有こゆうcharacteristic (of)特有とくゆうcharacteristic (of)所有しょゆうpossession

Source: JMdict entry 1541710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.