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激甚 (げきじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

激げき甚じん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

intense; severe; violent

formal or literary

Formal or literary term describing something of extreme intensity, often used for natural disasters, damage, or strong conditions.

激げき甚じんな被ひ害がいをもたらした台たい風ふう。
A typhoon that caused severe damage.

この地ち域いきは激げき甚じん災さい害がいに指し定ていされた。

This area was designated as a severely affected disaster zone.

Written forms

激げき甚じんUsage100%
Standard kanji form; used in formal and news contexts.
劇げき甚じんUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

激violent, get excited, enraged
甚tremendously, very, great
劇drama, play

Similar words

甚じん大だい
甚大 (じんだい) also means 'enormous' or 'severe', but is more commonly used for damage or impact, while 激甚 emphasizes the intensity or violence of the event itself.
激はげしい
激しい (はげしい) is a common i-adjective meaning 'intense' or 'violent', used in everyday speech. 激甚 is a formal, literary equivalent often seen in news or official reports.

Etymology

Compound of 激 (げき, 'violent, intense') and 甚 (じん, 'extreme, very'). The combination reinforces the meaning of extreme intensity.