激痛(げきつう)

Usage

A strong, dramatic word used to describe the most severe level of pain. Common in medical contexts and personal accounts of injury or illness.

Common collocations

• 激痛(げきつう)が走(はし)る (a sharp pain shoots through)
• 激痛(げきつう)に襲(おそ)われる (to be struck by intense pain)
• 激痛(げきつう)を感(かん)じる (to feel intense pain)
• 激痛(げきつう)に耐(た)える (to endure intense pain)

Similar words

• 鈍痛(どんつう): dull pain — a constant, throbbing pain, less sharp
• 痛(いた)み: pain — general, neutral term for pain