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 ごく

Terminal (終止形) 凄い
Attributive (連体形) 凄い
Key constructions
Informal negative 凄くない ごくない
くない

Informal past 凄かった ごかった
かった

Informal negative past 凄くなかった ごくなかった
くなかった

Formal 凄いです いです
Conjunctive 凄くて ごくて
くて

Conditional 凄ければ ごければ
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(さむ)いです。
    Sugoku samui desu.
    It's very cold.
    今日(きょう)すごく(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(かっ)(こう)をする
    sugoi kakkō o suru
    to have a remarkable appearance

Inflection

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Adverb

すごい (sugoi

  1. (colloquial) greatly, wonderfully

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