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    3. 無力

    無力

    無む力りょく

    powerlessness

    KMT7News #20+1CoreNoun, Adjective, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    むりょく

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    powerlessness, helplessness, incompetence, ineffectiveness

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの無む力りょくさを感かんじた。

    He felt his own powerlessness.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    災さい害がいを前まえにして、人にん間げんは無む力りょくだと感かんじることがあります。

    Faced with a disaster, humans sometimes feel powerless.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyNature & Environment
    友ゆう人じんの苦くるしみを目まの当あたりにし、何なにもできない自じ分ぶんに無む力りょくを感かんじた。

    Witnessing my friend's suffering, I felt powerless, unable to do anything.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの無む力りょく感かんは、努ど力りょくが報むくわれない経けい験けんから生しょうじたものです。

    His feeling of powerlessness arose from experiences where his efforts were not rewarded.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    政せい治じの腐ふ敗はいに対たいし、市し民みんは自じ分ぶんたちの無む力りょくを嘆なげいた。

    Faced with political corruption, citizens lamented their powerlessness.

    KMT8Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    力
    ちから…(5)
    power・strength・strong・strain・bear up…(1)
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