凄い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すご
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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.
     (きょ) () (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

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