I Love Kanji急激 (kyuugeki)
急激 (きゅうげき, kyuugeki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “sudden; abrupt”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- きゅうげき
- Romaji
- kyuugeki
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic · な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 急激
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 急激だ | きゅうげきだ kyuugekida |
| Present (polite) | 急激です | きゅうげきです kyuugekidesu |
| Negative | 急激じゃない | きゅうげきじゃない kyuugekijanai |
| Past | 急激だった | きゅうげきだった kyuugekidatta |
| Negative past | 急激じゃなかった | きゅうげきじゃなかった kyuugekijanakatta |
| Te-form | 急激で | きゅうげきで kyuugekide |
| Before a noun | 急激な | きゅうげきな kyuugekina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 急激に | きゅうげきに kyuugekini |
Kanji in 急激
急
hurry, emergency, suddenキュウ・いそ.ぐ・いそ.ぎ · 9 strokes激
violent, get excited, enragedゲキ・はげ.しい · 16 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 急激.
急きゅうsudden急行きゅうこうhurrying (to somewhere)特急とっきゅうlimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)急ぐいそぐto hurry至急しきゅうurgent急速きゅうそくrapid (e.g. progress)急にきゅうにswiftly応急おうきゅうemergency fix緊急きんきゅうurgency準急じゅんきゅうsemi-express train早急そうきゅうimmediate早急さっきゅうimmediate急かすせかすto hurry (up)刺激しげきstimulus
Source: JMdict entry 1228680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.