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Meaning of 深刻 in Japanese
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深刻JLPT 3
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Kana Readingしんこく
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Romajishinkoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- serious
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Examples of 深刻, しんこく in a sentence
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死亡事例が19件と全体の20％を超えており、過労死の深刻な実態が浮き彫りになった。
With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
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テレビでは、我が国の将来の問題を誰かが深刻な顔をしてしゃべっている。
On TV someone with a serious look on his face is talking about the problems of our country's future.
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産科医に加え、助産師も不足と我が国の産科医療が極めて深刻な状況にあることが改めて浮き彫りになった。
With a shortage of midwives added to that of obstetricians it has become clear all over again that our country's obstetric care is in an extremely grave situation.
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不動産業界は深刻な不況にあるが、業界の人々は最悪の状態はこれからやってくると言っている。
The real estate industry is in a serious slump, and industry people say the worst is yet to come.
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They couldn't comprehend the seriousness of the matter.
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They couldn't comprehend the seriousness of the matter.
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