威光|いこうikou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpower; authority; influence

• Synonym権威けんいNeutralPower that makes others submit, and also a leading expert in a field; 「威光」stresses the awe-inspiring dignity that naturally commands reverence.
• Synonym権勢けんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Holding power and enjoying great influence, with the focus on power itself; 「威光」points to an aura that naturally awes people.
• Synonym威力いりょくNeutralFearsome might, also the power or performance of weapons and technology; 「威光」is limited to the awe-inspiring dignity of people, nations, organizations.
• Synonym勢威せいいWrittenA written word for combined power and might, used only rarely; in daily speech say 「権勢」, and for awe-inspiring dignity say 「威光」.
• Antonym無力むりょくNeutralAntonym: lacking power and unable to act, the opposite of the influential, awe-inspiring 「威光」.

Use 「威光」 for awe-inspiring dignity, as in 「親の威光」. For recognized authority or an expert, pick 「権威」; for great power or the performance of weapons and technology, pick 「威力」.

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1. 自然しぜんに人ひとを畏おそれさせ、服従ふくじゅうさせる威厳いげん。