JLPT N4 · い-adjective

凄い (sugoi)

凄い (すごい, sugoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “terrible; dreadful”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: すごい
Romaji: sugoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

terrible; dreadful · い-adjective · usually written in kana
amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific · い-adjective · usually written in kana
to a great extent; vast (in numbers) · い-adjective · usually written in kana
awfully; very; immensely · adverb · usually written in kana, colloquial

Example sentences

そんなすごい目で睨み付けないでください。

Don't look so fiercely at me.

Tatoeba #204320

今すごい名案がうかんだぞ。

I've just come up with a great idea.

Tatoeba #172807

マドンナのコンサートはすごい数の客を集めた。

Madonna's concert drew a large audience.

Tatoeba #195335

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 凄い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	凄い	すごい sugoi
Negative	凄くない	すごくない sugokunai
Past	凄かった	すごかった sugokatta
Negative past	凄くなかった	すごくなかった sugokunakatta
Te-form	凄くて	すごくて sugokute
Adverb (~ku)	凄く	すごく sugoku
Conditional (~ba)	凄ければ	すごければ sugokereba

Kanji in 凄い

凄

uncanny, weird, threateningセイ・サイ・さむ.い・すご.い · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 凄い.

物凄いものすごいterrific

Source: JMdict entry 1374550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.