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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 11

彼かれは激動げきどうの時代じだいをたくましく生き抜ぬいた

He bravely survived a volatile era.

国中は内乱で激動していた.

The country was convulsed with civil war.

父はその激動の時代を生き抜いた.

My father lived through that turbulent period.

父フアンはこの激動の中で世を去った。

His father Juan passed away in the midst of this turmoil.

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