衝動 (しょうどう) — impulse
衝動 is read しょうどう and listed as a noun. Meaning: impulse; urge; impetus.
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Related words
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- 衝突 しょうとつ collision
- 衝撃 しょうげき impact
- 折衝 せっしょう negotiation
- 要衝 ようしょう important point
- 緩衝地帯 かんしょうちたい buffer zone
- 活動 かつどう activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.)
- 異動 いどう (personnel) change
- 移動 いどう movement
- 運動 うんどう exercise
- 感動 かんどう being deeply moved emotionally
- 機動 きどう maneuver (usu. of military force)
- 始動 しどう starting (a machine, engine, etc.)