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What does "すごい" mean?sugoi

Amazing, incredible, wow.

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🇯🇵 Japanese
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su-GOI
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How it's actually used

The standard positive reaction, safe in almost any company. Shortened to すご (sugo) or drawn out as すごーい for emphasis. Also works as an intensifier before adjectives, where it becomes すごく (sugoku).

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How it compares

やばい is the younger, edgier cousin; 素晴らしい (subarashii) is the formal one.

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