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猛烈 (もうれつ): violent, vehement, rage — Japanese vocabulary

猛烈 is read もうれつ and means "violent, vehement, rage". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

猛烈

Reading
もうれつ · mouretsu
Translation
violent, vehement, rage
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
もうれつが

Example

警官がやってくるのを見ると彼は猛烈に走り出した。

けいかんがやってくるのをみるとかれはもうれつにはしりだした。

When he saw a policeman coming, he began to run like anything.

Kanji in this word

  • 猛 — fierce, savage
  • 烈 — Ardent, Violent, Vehement

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