すごい

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
凄い

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "凄い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 凄く す​ごく
すご​く
Terminal (終止形) 凄い すご​い
Attributive (連体形) 凄い すご​い
Key constructions
Informal negative 凄くない す​ごくない
すご​くない
Informal past 凄かった す​ごかった
すご​かった
Informal negative past 凄くなかった す​ごくなかった
すご​くなかった
Formal 凄いです すご​いです
Conjunctive 凄くて す​ごくて
すご​くて
Conditional 凄ければ す​ごければ
すご​ければ

Adjective

すごい • (sugoi) -i (adverbial すごく (sugoku))

  1. horrible, dreadful, ghastly
  2. terrific, terrible, awful
    すごく寒(さむ)いです。
    Sugoku samui desu.
    It's very cold.
    今日(きょう)はすごく暑(あつ)い。
    Kyō wa sugoku atsui.
    It's awfully hot today.
  3. amazing, splendid, fantastic, great
    すごい！どうやったの？
    Sugoi! Dō yatta no?
    Wow! How did you do it?
  4. striking, remarkable
    すごい格(かっ)好(こう)をする
    sugoi kakkō o suru
    to have a remarkable appearance

Inflection

Inflection of すごい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) すごかろ sugokaro
Continuative (連用形) すごく sugoku
Terminal (終止形) すごい sugoi
Attributive (連体形) すごい sugoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) すごけれ sugokere
Imperative (命令形) すごかれ sugokare
Key constructions
Informal negative すごくない sugoku nai
Informal past すごかった sugokatta
Informal negative past すごくなかった sugoku nakatta
Formal すごいです sugoi desu
Formal negative すごくないです sugoku nai desu
Formal past すごかったです sugokatta desu
Formal negative past すごくなかったです sugoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive すごくて sugokute
Conditional すごければ sugokereba
Provisional すごかったら sugokattara
Volitional すごかろう sugokarō
Adverbial すごく sugoku
Degree すごさ sugosa

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Adverb

すごい • (sugoi) 

  1. (colloquial) greatly, wonderfully

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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