はげしい
intense, violent
Water thrown hard at something rather than running past it. The argument did not build up to anything, it arrived at that volume and stayed there. A haggis はげし across the room: はげしい.
Rain, arguments, exercise, competition. Anything carrying more force than it needs.
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