LingakuFrequency rank: 4,553. – 4,555.
Alsoしんこく
- serious; severe; grave; acute
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Generated: This meaning is used to describe situations or conditions that are important, not to be taken lightly, or in need of sincere attention.
Example sentences70 results
With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.