しょうどう · shoudou
impulse, urge
JLPT N2 nounKanji in this word
Example sentences
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Boku wa oogoe de sakebi tai shoudou ni kara re ta.
I felt an impulse to cry out loud.
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Tomu o shimekoroshi tai to iu shoudou o osaeru no wa muzukashikatsu ta.
It was hard to resist the impulse to wring Tom's neck.
Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.