- 1. [n, adj-na] violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | げきれつな | (gekiretsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | げきれつだ | (gekiretsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | げきれつです | (gekiretsudesu) |
| Past, plain | げきれつだった | (gekiretsudatta) |
| Past, polite | げきれつでした | (gekiretsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | げきれつじゃない | (gekiretsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | げきれつじゃないです | (gekiretsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | げきれつじゃなかった | (gekiretsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | げきれつじゃなかったです | (gekiretsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | げきれつで | (gekiretsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | げきれつなら | (gekiretsunara) |
Kanji in this word
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激
violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, inciteOn: ゲキ (geki)Kun: はげ.しい (hage.shii)
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烈
ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extremeOn: レツ (retsu)Kun: はげ.しい (hage.shii)
Example Sentences
我々の会社は激烈な競争に耐えきれなかった。
Our company failed to survive against cutthroat competition.