ゲキ, はげ.しい

violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

JLPT1 G6 S16 F560

# combines white + scatter → waves colliding with rocks, scattering white spray. adds water for emphasis/clarification → *turbulence*; *violence*; *intense*; *severe*; *extreme*; *fast* → *be excited*; *urge*; *encourage*.

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