jmdict 1541710 Active (id#2325303)
有力 [ichi1,news1,nf02]
ゆうりょく [ichi1,news1,nf02]
  1. [adj-na,n]
    • influential
    • prominent
    • leading
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1662480 有力者 1. influential person; man of importance
  2. [adj-na,n]
    • strong
    • powerful
    • likely
    • plausible
    • promising
    • convincing
    • substantial
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2054630 有力候補 1. major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
History:
    • A 2024-12-03 06:26:50 Jim Breen (id#2325303)
    • A* 2024-12-03 04:58:59 Marcus Aseth (id#2325293)
    • Comments
      I think I agree with you Jim. Although after merging them the resulting list of meanings felt a bit long, so I've lost 1 of the meanings from each group
    • Diff
      @@ -32,5 +31,0 @@
      -<gloss>potent</gloss>
      -</sense>
      -<sense>
      -<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
      -<pos>&n;</pos>
      @@ -39 +33,0 @@
      -<gloss>valid</gloss>
    • A 2024-12-03 00:15:28 Jim Breen (id#2325129)
    • Comments
      Not really sure it's 3 senses.
    • Refs
      GG5, 中辞典
    • Diff
      @@ -21,0 +22 @@
      +<gloss>leading</gloss>
      @@ -27,0 +29 @@
      +<gloss>powerful</gloss>
    • A* 2024-12-02 12:31:23 Marcus Aseth (id#2325068)
    • Comments
      this meaning is used when talking about proof/evidence for example, from GG5: "(証拠など)効力のある〕 strong; convincing; valid."
      I haven't added "strong" because already used in meaning 2. 
      Usage ref. above
    • Refs
      https://i.imgur.com/GtHNPd3.png
    • Diff
      @@ -31,0 +32,8 @@
      +<sense>
      +<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
      +<pos>&n;</pos>
      +<gloss>promising</gloss>
      +<gloss>convincing</gloss>
      +<gloss>valid</gloss>
      +<gloss>substantial</gloss>
      +</sense>
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