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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

致ち命めい的てき

chimeiteki

fatal, devastating

Example sentences

最後さいごの傷きずが致命的ちめいてきであるとわかった。
The last wound proved fatal.
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致命的ちめいてきな誤あやまりは不注意ふちゅういから起おこる。
Fatal errors arise from carelessness.
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円高えんだかはその会社かいしゃにとって致命的ちめいてきな打撃だげきだった。
The strong yen was a fatal blow to the company.
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Kanji in 致命的

致doth; doOnチKunいたす
命fate; commandOnメイ・ミョウKunいのち
的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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