Meaning of 猛威(もうい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 猛威

Kana Reading もうい

Romaji mōi

Examples of 猛威, もうい in a sentence

暴風雨があらん限りの猛威を振るった。

The storm raged in all its fury.
ヨットは猛威を振るう嵐の中に翻弄された。

The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.
この空模様では、おそらく明日の今ごろは台風が猛威をふるっているだろう。

From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow.
インフルエンザが都市部で猛威を振るった。

The flu struck the metropolitan area.

猛 JLPT 1

11 strokes

fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength

On'Yomi: モウ

Kun'Yomi:

威 JLPT 1

9 strokes

intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten

On'Yomi: イ

Kun'Yomi: おど.す, おど.し, おど.かす

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