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    3. 激動

    激動

    激げき動どう

    violent shock

    KMT6News #10+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveHistoryEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    げきどう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    violent shock, agitation, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, excitement

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    激げき動どうの時じ代だいだった。

    It was a turbulent era.

    KMT4History
    彼かれは激げき動どうの人じん生せいを送くった。

    He lived a turbulent life.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    20世せい紀きは激げき動どうの歴れき史しを刻きざんだ。

    The 20th century carved out a turbulent history.

    KMT6History
    彼かれの心こころは激げき動どうし、落おち着つきを失うしなっていた。

    His heart was in turmoil, and he had lost his composure.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    世せ界かい情じょう勢せいは激げき動どうの渦うず中ちゅうにあり、先さき行ゆきが不ふ透とう明めいだ。

    The global situation is in the midst of turmoil, and the future is uncertain.

    KMT7Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    激
    はげ.しい…(1)
    violent・get excited・enraged・chafe・incite
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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