I Love Kanji力強い (chikarazuyoi)
力強い (ちからづよい, chikarazuyoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “powerful; strong”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちからづよい
- Romaji
- chikarazuyoi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous · い-adjective
- reassuring; encouraging · い-adjective
Example sentences
踊り子達は白いドレスを着てきゃしゃに見えますが、実際には彼女たちは馬のように力強いのです。
The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 力強い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 力強い | ちからづよい chikarazuyoi |
| Negative | 力強くない | ちからづよくない chikarazuyokunai |
| Past | 力強かった | ちからづよかった chikarazuyokatta |
| Negative past | 力強くなかった | ちからづよくなかった chikarazuyokunakatta |
| Te-form | 力強くて | ちからづよくて chikarazuyokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 力強く | ちからづよく chikarazuyoku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 力強ければ | ちからづよければ chikarazuyokereba |
Kanji in 力強い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 力強い.
力ちからforce実力じつりょく(real) ability協力きょうりょくcooperation強力きょうりょくpowerful魅力みりょくcharm努力どりょくeffort能力のうりょくability力りょくstrength引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)学力がくりょくscholarly ability活力かつりょくvitality効力こうりょくeffect重力じゅうりょくgravity全力ぜんりょくall one's power (strength, energy, efforts)
Source: JMdict entry 1554940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.