甚
ジン, はなは.だ, はなは.だしい, じ

tremendously, very, great, exceedingly

JLPT1 G7 S9 F1961

As per 匹 (side by side) + 甘# (sweet/rich food contained in the mouth) → consume extreme amounts of sweet/rich food → *intensity*; *great degree* → *very*; *extreme*; *enormous*; *exceedingly*; *excessively*; *serious*; *outrageous*.

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