激しい
はげしい
hepburn hageshii
intense, violent, fierce
Part of speech · i-adjective
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Examples
- 昨夜は激しい雨が降りました。A heavy rain fell last night.
- 二つのチームは激しく戦いました。The two teams fought fiercely.
Collocations
激しい雨激しい運動激しく戦う激しい風激しい痛み
Mnemonic
激しい hageshii — kanji 激 (intense, fierce) + the i-adjective ending しい. 激 is the same kanji as in 激情 (intense passion) and 過激 (extreme). It describes force or degree that is strong and violent — 激しい雨 (heavy rain), 激しい運動 (intense exercise). The adverbial 激しく is also common.
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