凄く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凄
すご Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 凄(すご)い (sugoi).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すごく [sùgóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
(Tokyo) すごく [súꜜgòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

凄(すご)く • (sugoku)

Adverbial inflection of 凄い.
very, immensely

Derived terms

凄(すご)くない (sugokunai): cool!, incredible, unbelievable

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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