戦力|せんりょくsenryoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounwar potential; military strength; fighting power
  2. nounability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym兵力へいりょくWrittenThe number of troops and the strength of a force, as in 「兵力を増強」; the emphasis is on numerical scale.
  • Synonym軍事力ぐんじりょくWrittenA country's military power as a whole; a political and diplomatic term. 「戦力」 also covers military strength, and figuratively a team's key personnel.
  • Related軍事能力ぐんじのうりょくWrittenThe capability to conduct military operations; used mainly in specialist military analysis.
  • Antonym無力むりょくNeutralLacking strength or ability, powerless to act; the opposite of 「戦力」 in its fighting-power sense.

Use 「戦力」 for fighting power or a team's key personnel, as in 「即戦力」 and 「戦力外」; it also covers national military strength. Pick 「軍事力」 for a country's military power as a whole, 「兵力」 for troop numbers, and 「無力」 for powerlessness.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 戦争せんそうを遂行すいこうする力ちから。軍隊ぐんたい、兵器へいきなど。
  2. スポーツや労働ろうどうなどで貢献こうけんする力ちから。そのための人材じんざいや機器きき類るい。
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