Japanese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. (informal) very harsh; intense

Inflection edit

References edit

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