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今日の漢字
Grade 2JLPT N4

strong

11 strokes · frequency rank #112

On
キョウ、ゴウ
Kun
つよ.い、つよ.まる、つよ.める、し.いる、こわ.い

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Common words

  1. きょうかstrengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement1
    • We must beef up our organization.

    • Security at the airport has been stepped up since the bomb scare.

    • The strengthening of competitiveness on export markets is an urgent need.

  2. べんきょうstudy2
    • What subjects do you study at school?

    • Don't study.

    • Study!

  3. きょうせいcompulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement3
    • Nothing can force me to give it up.

    • Black people were compelled to work in cotton fields.

    • We are constrained to and restrained from an action.

  4. つよさstrength; power4
  5. きょうりょくpowerful; strong5
    • Japan's army was very powerful.

    • They made more powerful arms.

    • He defeated his powerful antagonists.

  6. きょうこうfirm; strong; unbending; unyielding6
    • The President took a hard line.

    • He strongly persisted in arguing his opinion.

    • He pushed his plan strongly.

  7. ごうとうrobber; mugger7
    • The gang was planning a robbery.

    • My father struggled with the robber.

    • The police arrested the burglar.

  8. つよきconfident; assured; self-assured; firm8
    • Don't press your luck, kid.

    • He comes on strong.

  9. きょうれつstrong; intense; severe9
    • His answer was a hard punch on the nose.

    • The heat is intense.

    • The effects of the drug are intense but brief.

  10. ごういんoverbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible10
    • Our best negotiators always drive a hard bargain.

    • The ruling party pushed its tax bill through.

    • The government pushed the bill through the Diet.

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