{"id":7546,"date":"2022-08-08T21:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lessons.com\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2022-08-08T21:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T21:07:54","slug":"sugoi-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lessons.com\/sugoi-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugoi \u2013 Meaning, Origin and Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"
You\u2019re watching your favorite anime series and you hear it, \u201cSugoi!\u201d.<\/em> You\u2019re scrolling through Instagram and see that your friends won their soccer match and read one of the comments, \u201cSugoi!\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Japanese foreign exchange student uses it constantly with her girlfriends. You notice it in the caption of a tweet someone posts about a beautiful dinner they had.<\/p>\n This post unpacks the meaning and origin of this expression.<\/p>\n Sugoi is a Japanese word used most often as an exclamation for anything you find impressive, beautiful, terrible, or awful. <\/strong><\/p>\n It is most similar to the English words of \u201cwow\u201d, \u201cterrific\u201d, \u201ccongratulations\u201d, \u201cgorgeous\u201d, \u201cwhoa\u201d, \u201cdreadful\u201d, or \u201ccrazy\u201d. It can also communicate an agreement to something. <\/strong><\/p>\n Sugoi can be used to describe how you feel when you are struck by awe or so overwhelmed with excitement in a positive or negative way. It can also be used in a sarcastic tone, particularly in reference to how something or someone smells.<\/p>\nMeaning<\/h2>\n