破竹の勢い

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ちく
Grade: 1
いきお
Grade: 5
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Literary Chinese 勢如破竹 (shìrúpòzhú), literally "the vigor and force of breaking bomboo"

Idiom[edit]

()(ちく)(いきお) (hachiku no ikioiはちくのいきほひ (fatikunoikifofi)?

  1. with unstoppable force and vigor