激げき化か

also: げっか

げ

き

か

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, transitive verb

intensification; escalation; aggravation

Describes a situation, conflict, or condition becoming more severe or intense. Can be used both intransitively (something intensifies) and transitively (someone intensifies something).

紛ふん争そうが激げき化かしている。
The conflict is intensifying.
競きょう争

そう

の

激げき

化か

が

価か

格かく

下げ

落らく

を

招まね

い

た

。

The intensification of competition led to a drop in prices.

Written forms

激化Usage100%
- げきか
  Standard kanji form; the reading げっか is a less common variant.
- げっか
  Rare reading variant; げきか is overwhelmingly more common.
げっか

Kanji

激violent, get excited, enraged
化change, take the form of, influence

Similar words

深しん刻こく化か
深刻化 emphasizes a situation becoming more serious or grave, often with negative consequences, while 激化 focuses on the increase in intensity or severity of an action or state.
拡かく大だい
拡大 means expansion or enlargement in scale or scope, whereas 激化 is about the degree of intensity or severity.

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.