凄
凄

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

10 strokesFrequency 2,313Grade 8

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さむ.いすご.いすさ.まじい

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Common Words

すごい凄いスゴイスゴいUsually kanaFreq #481
1

Adjective

terrible; dreadful

Examples
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.
2

Adjective

amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific

Examples
今すごい名案がうかんだぞ。
I've just come up with a great idea.
3

Adjective

to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

Examples
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.
4

Colloquial; Adverb (fukushi)

awfully; very; immensely

ものすごい物凄いもの凄い～い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #2309
1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; incredible; extreme

Examples
彼女はものすごい食欲がある。
She has a gigantic appetite.
2

frightful; ghastly; horrific; terrible; awful; gruesome; eerie

Examples
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.
凄まじいすさまじい～い Adj.Freq #4098
1

terrible; dreadful; awful; horrible; ghastly

2

tremendous; terrific; enormous; prodigious; stupendous; amazing

Examples
国内市場の競争はすさまじいものです。
Competition in the domestic market is cutthroat.
3

appalling; shocking; staggering; absurd

凄惨せいさん悽惨Noun～な Adj.Freq #12654
1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

凄腕すごうでNounFreq #17278
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique

Examples
とってもいい会社ですよ。社長は凄腕だし、社員はみんな一生懸命だよ。
It's a very good company! The president is a real go-getter and the workers all put in their best.
2

go-getter; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso

凄むすごむIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #20917
1

to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

凄み《凄味》すごみNounFreq #21799
1

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; weirdness

2

intimidation; menace; threat

すごいことになる (凄い事になる／すごい事になる)凄い事になるすごい事になるスゴい事になるスゴいことになる (スゴい事になる)ExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #24296
1

to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state

凄絶せいぜつ悽絶Noun～な Adj.Freq #25717
1

extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

凄艶せいえんNoun～な Adj.Freq #63124
1

weirdly beautiful

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