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ゴツ

ごつ · gotsu

i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of ゴツい — large and rough, big and tough, rugged (hands, features, etc.), hard, sturdy, chunky, burly.

  • unrefined, rustic, boorish
  • extreme, excessive, tremendous, terrible
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How it’s built

ゴツい ゴツ

Stem (). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.

ゴツい is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative ゴツくないごつくない
Past ゴツかったごつかった
Past negative ゴツくなかったごつくなかった
Te-form ゴツくてごつくて
Adverb ゴツくごつく
Before a noun ゴツいごつい
Ba-conditional ゴツければごつければ
Tara-conditional ゴツかったらごつかったら
Become ~ ゴツくなるごつくなる
Too ~ ゴツすぎるごつすぎる

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In real sentences

I tried to grab the remote and ended up knocking over a glass.

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The trick is to simmer slowly until the heat is evenly distributed in this pot.

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Other forms and spellings

ごつけれゴツけれごつきゃごつけりゃゴツきゃゴツけりゃごつかろごつかろうごつかろふゴツかろゴツかろうゴツかろふごちいごついゴツいゴツイ
stem of ゴツい