Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room during heavy rain, a small bucket beneath an earlier ceiling drip has overflowed. The damp patch above it has spread into a broad sagging bulge, and water now pours from several points beyond the bucket's reach.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

深しん刻こく化か

shinkokuka

to become more serious

Example sentences

  1. 問題もんだいは深刻化しんこくかしている。

    The problem has gotten more serious.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. だが、社会問題しゃかいもんだいの深刻化しんこくかは度重たびかさなる新制しんせいの効力こうりょくを無力化むりょくかさせて、衰退すいたいをもたらした。

    However, social problems that were becoming more serious disabled the effect of the series of shinsei and brought about its decline.

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

  3. だが海外流出かいがいりゅうしゅつなどで金不足きんふそくが深刻化しんこくかしており、兌換制度だかんせいどを止とめる必要ひつようがあった。

    However, a gold shortage, caused mainly by the outflow, became a serious problem and the conversion system had to be stopped.

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

Kanji in 深刻化

  • 深deep; heightenOnシンKunふかい・ふかまる・ふかめる
  • 刻engrave; cut fineOnコクKunきざむ・きざみ
  • 化change; take the form ofOnカ・ケKunばける・ばかす・ふける

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