腕力

わんりょく

Also written うでぢから

Meanings

1. Noun strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength
2. force; violence

Kanji

• 腕 arm. Read as ワン.
• 力 power. Read as リョク.

Example sentences

• 君は腕力に訴えてはならない。
  You must never resort to force.
• 父は昔腕力のある人でした。
  My father used to be a strong man.
• 場合によっては腕力に訴えてもよい。
  It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
• 喧嘩の勝敗は腕力では決まらない。
  Whether you win or lose the fight is not determined by your physical strength.

Words containing 腕力

• 腕力沙汰 (わんりょくざた) resorting (coming) to fisticuffs

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