甚
extremely
Kanji 1449
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With the planet coming apart at the seams, 甚 is a timely kanji, helping people discuss intense damage and major disasters. Moving beyond environmental doom, you can use 甚 to say "serious misunderstanding," "quite thoughtless," and "big monetary losses." On the brighter side, this kanji enables you to say "deeply impressed," "very deep meaning," and "He liked you a lot.”
Revision history:
Nov. 27, 2024: p. 7: I slightly improved the sample sentence translation and changed how I handled 全然無い in the vocab. I adjusted the explanation in the sidebar accordingly.
Feb. 9, 2024: p. 10: Stated definitively that 婆娑羅 is ateji, whereas I had previously just speculated that it was.
June 26, 2021:
- p. 2: Replaced the Henshall etymology with the new one.
- p. 11: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.
Sept. 14, 2018: Originally published.
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