どぎつい

Japanese

Etymology

From (do-) + きつい (kitsui). The kitsui changes to gitsui as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

どぎつい • (dogitsui-i (adverbial どぎつく (dogitsuku))

  1. (informal) very harsh; intense

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN