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やけに

awfully; terribly

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Examples

  1. やけに機嫌がいいね。

    やけにきげんがいいね。

    You're in an awfully good mood.

  2. 今日はやけに人が多い。

    きょうはやけにひとがおおい。

    There are an awful lot of people today.

  3. この店のコーヒーはやけに高い気がする。

    このみせのコーヒーはやけにたかいきがする。

    The coffee at this shop seems awfully expensive to me.

  4. 電話がやけに長いので、心配になった。

    でんわがやけにながいので、しんぱいになった。

    The call was taking terribly long, so I got worried.

Common patterns

やけに暑い
awfully hot
やけに静か
awfully quiet
やけに詳しい
suspiciously well-informed

Memory tip

Casual spoken word: the degree is unusually high and the speaker finds that a little suspicious or annoying. Keep it out of formal writing — use 非常に or 妙に there.

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