JLPT N2 · い-adjective

物凄い (monosugoi)

物凄い (ものすごい, monosugoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “terrific; staggering”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ものすごい
Romaji: monosugoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

terrific; staggering; tremendous; incredible; extreme · い-adjective · usually written in kana
frightful; ghastly; horrific; terrible; awful · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女はものすごい食欲がある。

She has a gigantic appetite.

Tatoeba #91351

ものすごい叫び声に彼はぞっとした。

The sound of an awful scream made him shudder.

Tatoeba #193180

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

Conjugation of 物凄い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	物凄い	ものすごい monosugoi
Negative	物凄くない	ものすごくない monosugokunai
Past	物凄かった	ものすごかった monosugokatta
Negative past	物凄くなかった	ものすごくなかった monosugokunakatta
Te-form	物凄くて	ものすごくて monosugokute
Adverb (~ku)	物凄く	ものすごく monosugoku
Conditional (~ba)	物凄ければ	ものすごければ monosugokereba

Kanji in 物凄い

物

thing, object, matterブツ・モツ・もの・もの- · 8 strokes

凄

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 物凄い.

物ものthing果物くだものfruit建物たてものbuilding動物どうぶつanimal荷物にもつluggage買い物かいものshopping食べ物たべものfood飲み物のみものdrink品物しなものarticle着物きものkimono見物けんぶつsightseeing贈り物おくりものpresent動物園どうぶつえんzoo乗り物のりものvehicle

Source: JMdict entry 1502630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.