勢い
Meanings
Noun
1. force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life
2. influence; authority; power; might
3. impetus; impulse; momentum; course (of events)
Adverb
4. naturally; necessarily; inevitably
Other spellings
勢
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
いきおい
Used in vocabulary
Examples10
勢い
You are carried along with the slide.
あらし
The storm abated.
すごい
He is going like the devil.
台風
The typhoon has lost its power.
勢い
It's abating.
台風
The typhoon gathered strength.