Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 深刻(しんこく) in Japanese

深刻
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
しんこく
Romaji
shinkoku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    serious
    Example sentence
    死亡事例が19全体の20%超えており過労死深刻な実態浮き彫りになった With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.

Examples of 深刻, しんこく in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

8 strokes

engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving

On'Yomi: コク

Kun'Yomi: きざ.む, きざ.み

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JLPT 3

11 strokes

deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: ふか.い, -ぶか.い, ふか.まる, ふか.める, み-

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