凄み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凄
すご Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

凄(すご)い (sugoi, “terrible; dreadful”) + み (-mi, “-ness”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すごみ [sùgómíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) すごみ [sùgómí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨɡo̞mʲi]

Noun

凄(すご)み • (sugomi)

terribleness; dreadfulness
intimidation; threateningness
凄(すご)みを利(き)かせる ― sugomi o kikaseru ― to be intimidating

Etymology 2

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 凄(すご)む (sugomu, “to threaten, intimidate”).

Verb

凄(すご)み • (sugomi)

stem or continuative form of 凄む (sugomu) [godan]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN