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凄い

すごい

amazing, terrific

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Examples

  1. 彼の絵は凄いですね。

    かれのえはすごいですね。

    His paintings are amazing.

  2. 昨日は凄い雨でした。

    きのうはすごいあめでした。

    There was terrific rain yesterday.

  3. この店はいつも凄く込んでいます。

    このみせはいつもすごくこんでいます。

    This shop is always incredibly crowded.

  4. 一人で全部作ったなんて凄いと思います。

    ひとりでぜんぶつくったなんてすごいとおもいます。

    I think it is amazing that you made it all by yourself.

Common patterns

凄く〜
extremely…
凄い人
an amazing person; a huge crowd
凄いですね
that's amazing

Memory tip

すごい is casual and works for good and bad extremes alike — a great performance or terrible rain. The correct adverb is すごく; すごい before an adjective is common in speech but marked as sloppy in writing.

Kanji in this word

  • 凄Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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