激動げきどう (gekidou)

turmoil; violent shaking

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Meaning

激動 (げきどう, gekidou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “turmoil; violent shaking”.

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Example sentences 8

かれ激動げきどう時代じだいをたくましく 生きいきぬいた

He bravely survived a volatile era.

こうした激動のなか、征夷大将軍徳川家慶が死去。

During the turmoil, Ieyoshi TOKUGAWA, the seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), died.

敬福は激動の時代を無事に生き抜き、766年に亡くなっている。

Kyofuku lived an extremely dramatic life until he passed away in 766.

前の官邸は1929年に建設され,激動の昭和期の大部分を見てきた。

The former Kantei was built in 1929 and saw most of the turbulent Showa period.