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猛烈

猛烈

Chinese

 
ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt
 
ardent; intense; split; crack; rend
simp. and trad.
(猛烈)

Adjective

猛烈

  1. fierce; strong; blistering; furious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もう
Grade: S
れつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

猛烈 (-na inflection, hiragana もうれつ, romaji mōretsu)

  1. extreme, strong, driving (rain), blistering (heat or attack), ardent, furious
    東海 (とうかい)から西 (にし)各地 (かくち)中心 (ちゅうしん)に、24日 (にじゅうよっか) (つづ)いて猛烈 (もうれつ) (あつ)さとなりました。
    Tōkai kara nishi no kakuchi o chūshin ni, nijūyokka ni tsuzuite mōretsu na atsusa to narimashita.
    From Tōkai to all over western Japan, where it centered, blistering heat continued to the 24th.

Inflection

Noun

猛烈 (hiragana もうれつ, romaji mōretsu)

  1. being extreme, being strong, impetuosity