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    3. 衝動

    衝動

    衝しょう動どう

    impulse

    KMT8News #21+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    しょうどう

    Noun

    1.
    impulse, urge, impetus

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは衝しょう動どう的てきに新あたらしい車くるまを買かった。

    He impulsively bought a new car.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    衝しょう動どうを抑おさえるのが難むずかしい時ときもある。

    Sometimes it's difficult to suppress an impulse.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    怒いかりの衝しょう動どうに駆かられて、彼かれは思おもわず大おお声ごえを出だしてしまった。

    Driven by an impulse of anger, he unintentionally raised his voice.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    衝しょう動どう買がいは、後あとで後こう悔かいすることが多おおい。

    Impulse buying often leads to regret later.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの行こう動どうは、内うちなる創そう造ぞう的てきな衝しょう動どうに突つき動うごかされたものだった。

    His actions were driven by an inner creative impulse.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    衝
    つ.く…(1)
    collide・brunt・highway・opposition (astronomy)・thrust…(3)
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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