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深刻 (しんこく): serious — Japanese vocabulary

深刻 is read しんこく and means "serious". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

深刻

Reading
しんこく · shinkoku
Translation
serious
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しんこくが

Example

事態は非常に深刻である。

じたいはひじょうにしんこくである。

The situation is very serious.

Kanji in this word

  • 深 — deep
  • 刻 — carve, moment

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