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  • 馬
  • 人間

8 馬力 Horsepower

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

ばりき

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

自どう車の馬力を上げるには、どうすればいいですか。

What’s the best way to increase a car’s horsepower?

アサヒのじいちゃんって、本当に馬力があるよね。

Asahi, your grandpa is such an energetic person, isn't he?

約四年間いじくり回したおかげで、今俺の芝刈り機は450馬力もあるんだぜ。

I tinkered with my lawnmower for about four years and now it has 450 horsepower.

Meaning Explanation

This word was probably made pretty recently. A horse's power? That is horsepower.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Take note that the reading for 力 is the りき version of the reading. You can remember this by thinking about how it's Ricky who drives the high horsepower cars. Vroom vroom Ricky!

Utilized Kanji

  • 馬
    • ば
    • Horse
  • 力
    • りょく
    • Power
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