厳か[おごそか] (ogosoka)

austere, majestic, dignified, stately, awful, impressive

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2
  • #19599 most frequent

Meaning

厳か (おごそか, ogosoka) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “austere, majestic, dignified, stately, awful, impressive”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

結婚式けっこんしきは 厳おごそかに 行おこなわれました

The wedding ceremony was performed solemnly.

しかしポーシャは厳かに答えた。

彼かれは 群衆ぐんしゅうに 向 かって 厳おごそかに 語かたりかけた。

He addressed the crowd gravely.

ひとたび決定された法律は決して変えてはいけないのだ。

But Portia gravely answered, that laws once established must never be altered.