厳いかい

i-adjective

brave; daring; fierce

Archaic adjective describing a person or warrior as brave, daring, or fierce. Not used in modern everyday speech.

• 古ふるい軍ぐん記き物もの語がたりには「厳いかい武む者しゃ」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old war tales, the expression 'brave warrior' can be found.

i-adjective

large; numerous; many

Archaic use for describing something as large in size or great in number. Rare and mostly found in classical texts.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「厳いかい数かず」のように、数かずが多おおいことを表あらわす例れいがある。

  In classical Japanese, there are examples like 'a large number' to express numerousness.

i-adjective

extreme; tremendous

Archaic intensifying use, meaning extreme or tremendous. Very rare; modern equivalents like 甚だしい are used instead.

• 「厳いかい苦くるしみ」といった古ふるい言いい回まわしが文ぶん献けんに残のこっている。

  Old phrases like 'extreme suffering' remain in historical documents.