adjective

  1. violent, furious, tempestuous.
  2. extreme, intense, fierce, strong.
  3. fervent, vehement.
  4. incessant, relentless.
  5. precipitous, steep. Archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
激しい はげしい
 
 
烈しい はげしい
 
 
劇しい はげしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

violent, get excited, enraged
ゲキ はげ.しい (6th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
ancient musical instrument
セク キョウ ケキ
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)