JLPT N3 · い-adjective

激しい (hageshii)

激しい (はげしい, hageshii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “violent; furious”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はげしい
Romaji: hageshii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

violent; furious; tempestuous · い-adjective
extreme; intense; fierce; strong · い-adjective
fervent; vehement · い-adjective
incessant; relentless · い-adjective
precipitous; steep · い-adjective · archaic

Example sentences

その２チームは激しく戦った。

The two teams fought very hard.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 激しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	激しい	はげしい hageshii
Negative	激しくない	はげしくない hageshikunai
Past	激しかった	はげしかった hageshikatta
Negative past	激しくなかった	はげしくなかった hageshikunakatta
Te-form	激しくて	はげしくて hageshikute
Adverb (~ku)	激しく	はげしく hageshiku
Conditional (~ba)	激しければ	はげしければ hageshikereba

Kanji in 激しい

激

violent, get excited, enragedゲキ・はげ.しい · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 激しい.

刺激しげきstimulus急激きゅうげきsudden感激かんげきdeep emotion激増げきぞうsharp increase激励げきれいencouragement

Source: JMdict entry 1600720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.