🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

激甚

Native Script:急進的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gekijin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Radical/ˈrædɪkəl/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼らは急進的な改革を求めている。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.

    "There is a need for radical changes in education."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform.

    "He was known as a political radical in his youth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from late Latin radicalis, from Latin radix, radic- 'root'.

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