深刻な（しんこくな、shinkokuna）
- serious
Romaji:
Japanese:
Kana:
SHINKOKU
深刻
しんこく
NA
な
な
深刻な (しんこくな, romaji: shinkokuna) means "serious" in Japanese. It is a N1 Low-level Na-Adjective word.
| Meaning: | serious |
| Level: | N1 Low |
| Lexical Category: | Na-Adjective (ナ形容詞) |
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Adjective Conjugation
Basic Conjugation
Dict-form (辞書形) | しんこくな深刻な |
Polite-form (丁寧形) | 深刻です。 |
Connect-form (連用形) | 深刻に + <Verb> |
Not-form (否定形) | 深刻じゃない |
Advanced Conjugation
Past-form (過去形) | 深刻だった |
Terminal-form (終止形) | 深刻だ。 |
If-form (仮定形) | 深刻ならば |
Noun-form (名詞形) | 深刻さ |
AI Explanation
The Japanese word 深刻な (しんこくな) is an adjective that describes something as serious, critical, grave, or profound. It indicates a situation, problem, or feeling that is significant and requires immediate attention or consideration. It suggests a level of intensity and importance beyond a superficial or trivial concern. 深刻な implies a sense of weightiness, potential danger, or deep emotional impact.
⚫︎深刻な問題 Translation: Serious problem ⚫︎深刻な事態 Translation: Critical situation ⚫︎彼女は深刻な顔をしていた Translation: She had a serious face.
⚫︎You would use 深刻な when describing situations that have potentially negative consequences or involve strong emotions. ⚫︎It's suitable for discussing medical conditions, economic crises, personal hardships, or any matter requiring a high degree of concern. ⚫︎It can be used to describe the severity of a problem, the depth of an emotion, or the importance of a decision. ⚫︎深刻な is often employed in formal or semi-formal contexts.
⚫︎深刻な is primarily written using the kanji 深刻 (しんこく) followed by the adjectival suffix な (な). ⚫︎Hiragana: しんこくな ⚫︎Kanji: 深刻な ⚫︎There is no variation in okurigana for this word.
⚫︎重大な (じゅうだいな) - serious, important ⚫︎重要な (じゅうような) - important, crucial ⚫︎深刻さ (しんこくさ) - seriousness (noun form) ⚫︎深刻度 (しんこくど) - degree of seriousness ⚫︎重い (おもい) - heavy, serious (when describing the weight of a situation)
⚫︎軽度な (けいどな) - mild, slight ⚫︎些細な (ささいな) - trivial, insignificant ⚫︎軽い (かるい) - light (in weight or seriousness)
地球温暖化は深刻な問題です。 ・Translation: Global warming is a serious problem. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 深刻な to highlight the gravity and urgency of the climate change issue.
彼は深刻な病気にかかっている。 ・Translation: He is suffering from a serious illness. ・Explanation: The adjective emphasizes the severity of the person's health condition.
⚫︎The word 深刻 is a Sino-Japanese word, derived from Chinese. ⚫︎深 (しん/fukai) means deep, profound, or serious. ⚫︎刻 (こく/koku) means to engrave, carve, or be precise; in this context, it suggests the intensity or the degree of being serious. ⚫︎The addition of な (na) makes it an adjective.