1.
intense pain; sharp pain; severe pain
Extremely strong physical pain. Describes pain that is sudden, sharp, or overwhelmingly intense.
激痛が走った。
A sharp pain shot through me.
腰に激痛を感じて動けなくなった。
I felt intense pain in my lower back and couldn't move.
歯の激痛に耐えられず、夜中に救急病院に行った。
Unable to bear the severe toothache, I went to the emergency hospital in the middle of the night.
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:
- 激痛が走る (a sharp pain shoots through)
- 激痛に襲われる (to be struck by intense pain)
- 激痛を感じる (to feel intense pain)
- 激痛に耐える (to endure intense pain)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 鈍痛: dull pain — a constant, throbbing pain, less sharp
- 痛み: pain — general, neutral term for pain