繁はん劇げき

na-adjective, noun

extreme busyness; hecticness

A formal, literary term describing a state of being overwhelmingly busy or swamped with work. Rare in everyday speech; more common synonyms include 多忙 or 忙殺.

• 繁はん劇げきを極きわめる職しょく務むに追おわれている。

  I am swamped with duties that are extremely hectic.

• その部ぶ署しょは常つねに繁はん劇げきな状じょう態たいだ。

  That department is always in a state of extreme busyness.