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激化 (げきか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 激化する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 激げき 化か する 激げき 化か しない Polite 激げき 化か します 激げき 化か しません Past polite 激げき 化か しました 激げき 化か しませんでした Past 激げき 化か した 激げき 化か しなかった Te-form 激げき 化か して 激げき 化か しないで Desire 激げき 化か したい 激げき 化か したくない Potential 激げき 化か できる 激げき 化か できない Passive 激げき 化か される 激げき 化か されない Causative 激げき 化か させる 激げき 化か させない Causative passive 激げき 化か させられる 激げき 化か させられない Volitional 激げき 化か しよう Polite volitional 激げき 化か しましょう Imperative 激げき 化か しろ 激げき 化か するな Conditional 激げき 化か すれば 激げき 化か しなければ Tara conditional 激げき 化か したら 激げき 化か しなかったら
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The conflict is intensifying.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 激げき 化か する for something (a conflict, competition, etc.) to intensify
The conflict between the two countries intensified.
〈 事こと 〉 を 激げき 化か させる to intensify or escalate something
Price competition intensified the rivalry within the industry.
〈 事こと 〉 は 激げき 化か の 一いっ 途と をたどる for something to be on a steady path of escalation
Tensions between the two countries are steadily escalating.
Kanji 激 violent, get excited, enraged 化 change, take the form of, influence Related words· 6 悪化 refers to a general worsening or deterioration in condition, while 激化 specifically highlights an increase in the intensity or severity of a conflict, competition, or activity.
深刻化 describes a situation becoming more serious or grave, often with negative consequences, while 激化 emphasizes the increasing intensity or severity of an action or state.
拡大 means expansion or enlargement in scale or scope, whereas 激化 refers to the intensification of severity in an existing conflict or action.
エスカレート is a casual, borrowed word for escalating a situation, while 激化 is the more formal, written term for the same intensification process.
Show 2 more 激化する is the everyday, neutral word for a situation growing worse or more intense, while 激する is more formal and literary and can also describe a person's rage.
激化 implies intensification, often of conflict or competition, while 本格化 simply means something is now proceeding in earnest without necessarily worsening.
Opposites 沈静化 describes a situation calming down or subsiding, the direct opposite of 激化, which describes it intensifying.
緩和 means easing or relaxing a situation, contrasting with 激化, which means it becoming more intense.
Don't confuse with 劇化 (げきか) means adapting something into a play or drama, whereas 激化 (げきか) — despite sharing the same pronunciation — means the intensification of a conflict or situation.
激化 means a conflict or situation intensifying in severity, whereas 悪化 means a condition or state simply getting worse, without necessarily implying escalation.
Etymology Compound of 激 (intense, violent) and 化 (-ization, change). The reading げっか is a euphonic change from げきか, but is now rare.
