烈
ardent, extreme, furious, severe, vehement, violent
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
10 / 10
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:10
JLPT:1
Frequency:1397
Vocabulary
レツ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 強烈 | キョウレツ | strong; intense; severe |
| 鮮烈 | センレツ | vivid; striking |
| 痛烈 | ツウレツ | severe; bitter; scathing |
| 熱烈 | ネツレツ | ardent; passionate; vehement |
| 猛烈 | モウレツ | fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement; terrific; terrible; very; extremely; terribly; totally |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烈しい | はげしい | violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; strong; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep |
| 烈震 | れっしん | disastrous earthquake |
| 臨兵闘者皆陣烈在前 | りんぴょうとうしゃかいじんれつざいぜん | may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil) |
| 烈火 | れっか | raging fire; conflagration |
| 烈風 | れっぷう | gale; violent (strong) wind |
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