鋭

Meaning

鋭 centers on a fine, penetrating quality: a sharp edge or point, whether literal (a blade, a weapon) or figurative (keenness, intensity). The violent sense is an extreme application of that sharp, piercing force.

• 鋭いするどい
  N3

  sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed

• 精鋭せいえい

  elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

• 新鋭しんえい

  young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer

• 鋭利えいり

  sharp; keen; acute

• 先鋭せんえい

  radical; acute; sharp

• 気鋭きえい

  spirited; energetic

• 鋭角えいかく

  acute angle

• 鋭敏えいびん

  sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sensitive

• 鋭意えいい

  eagerly; earnestly; zealously; wholeheartedly; diligently; assiduously

• 最新鋭さいしんえい

  state-of-the-art; cutting-edge

• 先鋭化せんえいか

  radicalization; radicalisation; becoming a radical

• 少壮気鋭しょうそうきえい

  young and energetic; up-and-coming

• 少数精鋭しょうすうせいえい

  elect (select) few

• 年少気鋭ねんしょうきえい

  being young and spirited; being young and full of go

• 新進気鋭しんしんきえい

  young and energetic; up-and-coming

• 神経が鋭いしんけいがするどい

  sensitive; thin-skinned

• 神経の鋭いしんけいのするどい

  sensitive; thin-skinned

• 精鋭軍せいえいぐん

  elite force; elite troops

• 精鋭部隊せいえいぶたい

  elite unit; elite troop

• 舌鋒鋭いぜっぽうするどい

  sharp (tongue, criticism, etc.); cutting; scathing

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