すごい
wonderful, great, a lot
It started life meaning blood-chilling, and it still means that much of a thing — except that now it is the rain. Sue すご, ee い, look at it come down: すごい.
Says 'a lot of', not 'good'. 凄い雨 is heavy rain, not lovely rain. Usually written in kana. 多い おおい is the plain a lot.
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