Meanings
Readings
Common Words
cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe
violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme
very bad; terrible; awful
excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
Common noun
emergency
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
extreme; great; extraordinary; remarkable; unusual; terrible; severe
Adverb (fukushi)
certainly; without fail
Common noun
right and wrong; pros and cons
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
Common noun
fault; error; mistake
Common noun
going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable
Prefix
un-; non-; an-
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; cruel
Buddhism
insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
Formal or literary term
not
Formal or literary term
does not exist
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