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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

激げき化か

gekika

to intensify, to escalate

Example sentences

  1. その会社かいしゃは競争きょうそうの激化げきかのあおりを受うけて、倒産とうさんした。

    Having fallen victim to increased competition, the company went bankrupt.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その排除はいじょに動うごき出だしたため、両者りょうしゃの対立たいりつが激化げきかした。

    When they started actions to expel Asada, the clash between the two parties intensified.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. その一方いっぽうでその地位ちいや学説がくせつを巡めぐる一族間いちぞくかんの対立たいりつも激化げきかしていった。

    Meanwhile, inter-clan conflicts over their positions and theories escalated.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 激化

  • 激violent; get excitedOnゲキKunはげしい
  • 化change; take the form ofOnカ・ケKunばける・ばかす・ふける

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