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ごく (goku) Japanese meaning: very | Kotomora
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題だい
は
ごく
簡かん
単たん
だ
。
This problem is very easy.
It was a very ordinary day.
Usage patterns ごく 普ふ 通つう の 〈 物もの 〉 quite an ordinary ...
This is a story about someone raised in a perfectly ordinary family.
ごく 一いち 部ぶ の 〈 人ひと 〉 only a small fraction of people
Only a small handful of people know that fact.
ごくわずかな 〈 数かず 〉 an extremely small amount of ...
The chance of success is nothing more than an extremely small figure.
ごく 自し 然ぜん に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 quite naturally, without effort
He started speaking Japanese quite naturally.
Kanji 極 extreme, pole, extremely Related words 非常に is a formal intensifier like ごく, but ごく tends to imply the utmost degree or an inherent extreme, while 非常に is more neutral about degree.
とても is the everyday, casual intensifier, while ごく sounds more formal or literary and often modifies set phrases like ごく普通.
極めて is a stronger, more formal intensifier used in writing, whereas ごく is milder and pairs with a narrower set of adjectives and nouns.
ごく is a milder intensifier meaning 'quite' or 'very', while ごくごく is a stronger, more emphatic version of the same word.
極 is a native prefix meaning 'extremely' used in more neutral or formal descriptions (極上, 極寒), whereas ウルトラ is a flashier loanword often used in product names and casual exaggeration.
Word family· 34 top secret; absolute secrecy
first-rate; finest quality; the best
heinous; atrocious; extremely wicked
very; extremely; most · supreme; utmost; best
Written forms ごく Usage 90%
The adverb is normally written in kana; the kanji 極 is rare for this sense.
極ごく Usage 8%
Kanji spelling for the adverb sense; uncommon in modern writing.
極ご く Usage 1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; very rare.
ゴク Usage 1%
Etymology Derived from the kanji 極 meaning 'extreme' or 'utmost'. The adverbial use developed from the idea of reaching the limit.
innermost secrets; essence; heart
Show 17 more wicked; evil; immoral · wastrel; scoundrel; villain · organized crime; yakuza; underworld
extreme cold; intense cold; midwinter
very thick; extremely thick · thick, heavy thread
happy-go-lucky person; carefree optimist
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin · extra-fine woollen yarn
extreme poverty; destitution
richly colored; vividly colored; gaudy
extremely; highly; very
strikingly similar; bearing a strong resemblance
highly confidential; top secret
hallmark; stamp; impress · brand; stigma; reputation
great flavor; excellent taste
absolute secrecy; top secret
intense heat; peak of summer's heat
December; last month of the year
extremely hot (especially sake)
extreme heat; intense heat
