VocabJLPT N5
terrible
い-AdjectiveAdverb

Also written as 凄い

Definitions

  1. 1. terrible
  2. 2. dreadful
  3. 3. amazing (e.g. of strength)
  4. 4. to a great extent
This い-adjective is a very common casual word meaning amazing, incredible, or awesome. It can describe both very good and very bad things depending on context, and is used frequently in everyday conversation.

Example sentences

Initial · simple i+1

Amazing!

Sentence 1

Wow! That dog is huge!

Sentence 2

This book is incredibly interesting.

Sentence 3

He's an incredibly strong person.

Sentence 4

My friend said, "That story is super scary."

Sentence 5

The voice on the other end of that call was really frightening.