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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

猛もう烈れつ

mouretsu

fierce, intense

Example sentences

  1. 警官けいかんがやってくるのを見みると彼かれは猛烈もうれつに走はしり出だした。

    When he saw a policeman coming, he began to run like anything.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 猛烈もうれつな暑あつさだ。

    The heat is intense.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは私わたしに猛烈もうれつな圧力あつりょくをかけています。

    He is really putting the squeeze on me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 猛烈

  • 猛fierce; raveOnモウ
  • 烈ardent; violentOnレツKunはげしい

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