Japanese

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Kanji in this term

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

Etymology

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

Idiom

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

  1. with unstoppable force and vigor