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2 Replies ・ Started by Robbin at 2020-02-09 13:47:44 UTC ・ Last reply by Leebo at 2020-02-10 01:21:46 UTC

凄い

凄い has 2 opposites meanings, wonderful and terrible, how should differentiate in the sentence.

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Fredora at 2020-02-09 14:06:15 UTC

You can differentiate them from the context the word is used in.

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Leebo at 2020-02-10 01:21:46 UTC

Yeah, if you see the sentence 凄い目つきでにらまれる (glared at with a "sugoi" expression) you can infer that it's terrible or dreadful, because of the whole glaring thing, and not great or awesome.

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