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凄い

凄い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S

Adjective

凄い (-i inflection, hiragana すごい, romaji 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!

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 物凄 (ものすご) (monosugoi)

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.