凄い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すご
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

Adjective

凄い (-i inflection, hiragana すごい, rōmaji sugoi)

  1. horrible, dreadful, ghastly
  2. terrific, terrible, awful
     (すご) (さむ)いです。
    Sugoku samui desu.
    It's very cold.
    今日 (きょう) (すご) (あつ)い。
    Kyō wa sugoku atsui.
    It's awfully hot today.
  3. amazing, splendid, fantastic, great
     (すご)いね!
    Sugoi ne!
    Nice! / Awesome!

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References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
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