noun

  1. force, vigor, energy, spirit, life.
  2. influence, authority, power, might.
  3. impetus, momentum, course (of events).

adverb

  1. naturally, necessarily.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
勢い いきおい
いきよ
 
勢い いきよい
いきおい
いきよい
いきよい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

forces, energy, military strength
セイ いきお.い せ (5th, N2)
art
ゲイ セイ う.える
clod of earth, land
リク ロク
mushroom
ロク きのこ
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
round, full (month), perfection
まる ガン ま (2nd, N2)
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)