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衝動しょうどう (shoudou)

impulse; urge

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Meaning

衝動 (しょうどう, shoudou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “impulse; urge”.

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Example sentences 11

叫さけびたい衝動しょうどうをなんとか抑おさえました

I managed to suppress the impulse to shout.

彼かれは衝動しょうどうに駆かられた。

He was borne away by an impulse.

彼女かのじょはある衝動しょうどうにかられた。

She was borne away by an impulse.

彼女かのじょはそのドレスを衝動しょうどう買かいした。

She bought the dress on impulse.

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