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猛 [もう] meaning: hard rank: 2
☆ 彼は試験に向けて猛勉強している ⇨ He is studying like crazy for the exam
☆ 猛反省しています ⇨ I am extremely sorry and repentant
☆ 軍は猛反撃で出た ⇨ The military has launched a vicious counterattack
More examples:
- 彼は猛然と反論し始めた ⇨ He started to retort angrily and fiercely
- 獰猛な虎 ⇨ A ferocious tiger
- 猛暑の中で一日中働いてメロメロになった ⇨ I worked all day under intense heat and got exhausted
- 勇猛な兵士 ⇨ A brave and ferocious soldier
- 最近の東京の猛暑は尋常でない ⇨ The recent Tokyo heatwaves are not normal
- この消毒薬は猛烈に染みる ⇨ This antiseptic burns really bad
- 猛烈な加速力を持った車 ⇨ A car with ferocious acceleration
- 彼は目標に向かって猛進している ⇨ He is advancing toward his goal with full force
- 猛烈な暑さと湿気で汗が噴き出た ⇨ Intense heat and humidity made me sweat profusely
- 彼は猪突猛進しやすい性格だ ⇨ He tends to rush like a boar, without a careful thought
- 異常な猛暑で作物が傷んだ ⇨ The produces, crops, were damaged by the abnormal heat wave
- 日本代表の猛反撃に皆はテレビの前に釘付けになった ⇨ The furious comeback by the team Japan got everybody nailed in front of the TV. Nobody moved away from the TV
- 彼は柔道をやっている猛者だ ⇨ He is a real tough guy doing judo
- 猛烈な風が吹き付けた ⇨ Violent gusts blew
- 突然雨が猛烈に降り始めた ⇨ Suddenly it started to rain extremely hard