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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

強きょう烈れつ

kyouretsu

intense, powerful

Example sentences

  1. その液体えきたいは強烈きょうれつな匂においを発はっした。

    The liquid gave off a strong smell.

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  2. 強烈きょうれつな暑あつさだ。

    The heat is intense.

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  3. その薬くすりの効果こうかは強烈きょうれつだが短みじかい。

    The effects of the drug are intense but brief.

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Kanji in 強烈

  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる
  • 烈ardent; violentOnレツKunはげしい

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