(2 entries)
ごく
Alternative writings: 極く
JLPT:N3
Frequency:
1

quite; very (an adverb that intensifies degree)

AdverbUsually Kana

Examples

これはごく一般的な例だ。

This is a very common/example.

彼の提案はごくわずかな差しか生み出さなかった。

His proposal produced only a very small difference.

ごく普通の学校生活を送っている。

I'm living a perfectly normal school life.

2

a numeric term (rare) referring to 10^48 (quindecillion) in certain traditional number systems

Numeric

Examples

古い文献では『極』が10の48乗を示す場合がある。

In old texts, 'goku' sometimes denotes 10^48.

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