Word details

凄まじい

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

Dictionary

Entry

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

10 strokesFrequency 2,313Grade 8

On

セイサイ

Kun

さむ.いすご.いすさ.まじい

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