- 1. [adj-na, n] fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen; cutthroat
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) | しれつな | (shiretsuna) |
| Non-past, plain | しれつだ | (shiretsuda) |
| Non-past, polite | しれつです | (shiretsudesu) |
| Past, plain | しれつだった | (shiretsudatta) |
| Past, polite | しれつでした | (shiretsudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | しれつじゃない | (shiretsujanai) |
| Negative, polite | しれつじゃないです | (shiretsujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | しれつじゃなかった | (shiretsujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しれつじゃなかったです | (shiretsujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | しれつで | (shiretsude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | しれつなら | (shiretsunara) |
Kanji in this word
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熾
kindling fireOn: シ (shi)Kun: おこ.る (oko.ru)、 おこ.す (oko.su)、 さかん (sakan)
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烈
ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extremeOn: レツ (retsu)Kun: はげ.しい (hage.shii)
Example Sentences
このままでは熾烈な情報戦に勝てない。ＣＩＯの首を挿げ替えよう。
This is a bruising information war. At this rate we'll never come out on top. We've got to replace our CIO.