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kireikoori 04-27-2008 02:35 PM

Sugoku
 
I noticed this is a word I hear frequently in Japanese.
Yet I haven't found it in JWPce or NJStar or any online dictionary I've used.

What does it mean?

Harold 04-27-2008 03:02 PM

It means "very."

kireikoori 04-27-2008 03:20 PM

Ah, thanks a million! And such quick help too.:)

Hatredcopter 04-27-2008 06:21 PM

Its just すごい (sugoi) in a different form. I usually see sugoku used more in writing, while sugoi is used more in speech. Sugoi is a bit more casual and used by younger Japanese, whereas sugoku is a bit more formal.

chompalomp2 04-28-2008 01:07 AM

すごい changing to すごく is just like 早い (はやい, quick) changing to 早く(はやく, quickly). By itself, すごい means amazing or brilliant, and by changing the い to a く, it is just like adding "ly" to the end of the word in English to make amazingly, or brilliantly, or more casually, "very", like Harold said.


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