How to say "power" in Japanese

• パワーCommon
  nounA loanword covering power in its most general sense — energy, force, or strength. It is a natural choice for physical energy or vitality, and often works where no more specific term fits.
  新あたらしいモデルはパワーとスピードの点てんでより優すぐれてます。↗

  The new model is featured by higher power and speed.
• 威力いりょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPower as might or force: the overwhelming strength of a weapon, an explosion, or a storm. It can also suggest authority or influence of an intimidating, coercive kind.
• 体力たいりょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPower only in the physical sense: a person's bodily strength, stamina, and endurance. It is the word for being physically strong or tiring easily, not for power in political, mechanical, or other senses.
  体力たいりょくを維持いじするにはちゃんと食たべなければいけません。↗

  You must eat properly to keep up your strength.
• 権限けんげんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPower in the sense of authority: the official or legal right to do something. Use it for the powers vested in a government body, official, or court, not for physical force or energy.
  何なんの権限けんげんで私に出でて行いけと言いうのだ。↗

  Who are you to tell me to get out?
• 動力どうりょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounPower in the mechanical sense: the motive power that drives a machine or vehicle. It refers to the energy source or driving force itself, not to strength, authority, or influence.
  そのボートは動力どうりょくにモーターを使用しようしている。↗

  The boat uses a motor for the power.

Choose 「パワー」 for power in a broad, general sense; 威力 for might or force; 体力 for physical strength and stamina; 権限 for authority to act; and 動力 for the energy that drives machines.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• パワーpower
• 威力いりょくpower
• 体力たいりょくphysical strength
• 権限けんげんpower
• 動力どうりょくpower
• 勢力せいりょくinfluence
• 権威けんいauthority
• 猛威もういfury
• 威勢いせいpower
• 威光いこうpower
• 権勢けんせいpower
• 職権しょっけんone's (official) authority
• 羽振りはぶりinfluence
• 強さつよさstrength
• 力りょくstrength
• 力りきstrength
• 力感りきかんpower
• 威いpower
• 仕事率しごとりつpower
• 権柄けんぺいpower
• 乗冪じょうべきpower
• 工率こうりつpower
• 御稜威みいつpower (of the Emperor)
• 冪べきexponent
• 権能けんのうauthority
• べき乗べきじょうexponentiation
• 威権いけんauthority
• 勢せいstrength
• 勢威せいいforce
• 検出力けんしゅつりょくstatistical power
• 冪数べきすうexponent
• 権力けんりょく(political) power
• 乗じょう(nth) power
• 電源でんげんpower (button on TV, etc.)
• エネルギーenergy
• 権けんauthority
• 勢いいきおいinfluence
• 力ちからpower
• 光ひかりinfluence