Kanji1 / 9
威 kanji
intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
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Words with 威
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —猛威を奮うto rage (of a storm, flu, etc.); to be on a rampage; to be rampant; to wreak havoc
- —猛威を振うto rage (of a storm, flu, etc.); to be on a rampage; to be rampant; to wreak havoc
- —猛威を揮うto rage (of a storm, flu, etc.); to be on a rampage; to be rampant; to wreak havoc
- —威張りちらすto domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
- —威信に関わるto affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
- —猛威をふるうto rage (of a storm, flu, etc.); to be on a rampage; to be rampant; to wreak havoc
- —トラの威を借るキツネsmall person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger