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凄まじい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 凄まじい

さまじ
~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

Kanji in this Word

10 strokes
Frequency: 2313
Grade 8

Meanings

uncanny
weird
threatening
horrible

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
セイ
サイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
さむ.い
すご.い
すさ.まじい
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