きりょく

[気力] *vigor

【U】《正式》［通例ほめて］ (心身の)活動力， 活力；元気

*spirit

【U】［ほめて］ 気力， 気迫， 熱情；［～s］快活， 元気∥ The rain damped their spirits. 雨のために彼らは気力をそがれた

pep

【U】《略式》元気， 活力， 気力∥ I haven't much pep left for anything. もう何もする気力がない.

▲a young man full of ［with plenty of］ drive 気力あふれる若者 / be all fire and energy 全身火と燃え気力があふれている / by sheer force of will 気力だけで.

¶→気力をくじく

¶→気力のない

気力
willpower
energy
vitality

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きりょく【気力】

*vigor

〖U〗《正式》［通例ほめて］ (心身の)活動力， 活力；元気

*spirit

〖U〗［ほめて］ 気力， 気迫， 熱情；［～s］快活， 元気

The rain damped their spirits. 雨のために彼らは気力をそがれた

pep

〖U〗《略式》元気， 活力， 気力

I haven't much pep left for anything. もう何もする気力がない.

▲a young man full of ［with plenty of］ drive 気力あふれる若者

be all fire and energy 全身火と燃え気力があふれている

by sheer force of will 気力だけで.

¶ → 気力をくじく

¶ → 気力のない

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I

きりょく【気力】

〔元気〕 (moral) energy; drive; spirit; motivation; willpower; force of will; 〔活力〕 vitality; pep.

●気力だけで 《stay alive》 solely by willpower; 《hang on》 by sheer force of will

・気力なく faintly; weakly.

●…するだけの気力がある have enough energy to do

・気力がみなぎっている 30 代 the thirties, when a person is brimming with energy

・気力が湧(_わ)いてくる[満ちてくる] energy bubbles up [brims, fills to the brim]

・気力がない be spiritless; be listless; be languid; have no pep [energy]

・私はもはや選手として戦い続ける気力がなくなった. I no longer have the spirit to fight on as a player.

・気力が衰える[なえる] lose one's vigor [energy]; sink into feebleness; decline in energy

・(年を取って)だいぶ気力が衰えた. His energy has flagged considerably.

●気力で続ける keep sth going by one's willpower

・彼は死病に取りつかれながら気力一つで持っている. Only willpower keeps him alive in spite of his mortal disease.

・〔マラソンで〕 最後は気力でがんばった. At the end he stuck it out by willpower.

●気力に満ちている be full of energy [vigor, vitality, vim, pep]

・気力に満ちている人 a person full of energy [drive, vitality, vim, pep]; an energetic person

・…する気力に乏しい[欠ける] lack the energy to do

・彼はなんでも挑戦してやろうという気力に欠けている. He lacks the get-up-and-go [drive, energy] to make an attempt at things.

●気力の衰え a decline in energy [drive, spirit, motivation, vitality].

●気力を回復する recover one's spirit [drive, energy]

・気力を奮い起こす stir up the energy to do [an interest in doing, the motivation to do]

・気力を振り絞る squeeze out [call forth] the energy 《to do [continue doing]》

・気力を養う regenerate (one's) vitality [energy]

・気力をなくする lose (one's) vitality [energy, spirit].

●体が妙にだるくて何をする気力も起きない. I feel strangely listless and have no energy to do anything.

・今場所の横綱は気力も体力も充実している. The yokozunas in the present tournament are fully motivated and in top physical condition.

気力旺盛[十分]な full of energy [drive, motivation, vitality].

II

きりょく【汽力】

steam power. [⇒じょうき⁷]

●汽力で動かす機械 a machine operated by steam.

●汽力をあげて速度を増す raise steam and increase speed.

汽力発電所 a steam power plant [station].

III

きりょく【棋力】

skill in go [shōgi].