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烈

烈 — ardent, violent, vehement

On
レツ
Kun
はげしい
Strokes
10
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 烈

  • 強烈きょうれつstrong; intense; severeCommon

    彼の返報は鼻への強烈なパンチだった。
    His answer was a hard punch on the nose.

  • 猛烈もうれつfierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement; terrific; terribleCommon

    警官がやってくるのを見ると彼は猛烈に走り出した。
    When he saw a policeman coming, he began to run like anything.

  • 痛烈つうれつsevere; bitter; scathingCommon
  • 熱烈ねつれつardent; passionate; vehementCommon
  • 鮮烈せんれつvivid; strikingCommon
  • 壮烈そうれつheroic; braveCommon
  • 烈震れっしんdisastrous earthquakeCommon
  • 激烈げきれつviolence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keennessOccasional
  • 猛烈社員もうれつしゃいんgo-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employeeRare
  • 武烈ぶれつmilitary meritRare
  • 勇烈ゆうれつbravery; valor; valour; courageRare
  • 凄烈せいれつfierceRare
  • 偉烈いれつgreat achievementRare
  • 余烈よれつancestor's meritorious deeds; the evil effects of the lives of our predecessorsRare
  • 忠烈ちゅうれつunswerving loyaltyRare
  • 貞烈ていれつextreme faithfulnessRare
  • 痛烈批判つうれつひはんsevere criticism; scathing criticismRare
  • 遺烈いれつachievements of one's ancestorsRare
  • 熾烈しれつfierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen; cutthroatRare
  • 烈火れっかraging fire; conflagrationRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 34 words that use 烈.

  • 強烈 きょうれつ strong; intense; severe
  • 猛烈 もうれつ fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement; terrific; terrible
  • 痛烈 つうれつ severe; bitter; scathing
  • 熱烈 ねつれつ ardent; passionate; vehement
  • 鮮烈 せんれつ vivid; striking

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