EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    terrific; staggering; tremendous; incredible; extreme

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女はものすごい食欲がある。
    She has a gigantic appetite.
  2. frightful; ghastly; horrific; terrible; awful; gruesome; eerie

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
もの、もの-
On
ブツ、モツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

Kun
さむ.い、すご.い、すさ.まじい
On
セイ、サイ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2313 of 2500
Radical
ice

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-2-8SKIP code
2b8.4The Kanji Dictionary
3514.4Four corner code
51c4Unicode hex code
1-32-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
647Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
425New Nelson (John Haig)
145Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2133Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2036Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1657Morohashi
683Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
qi1Pinyin reading
cheoKorean reading