Illustration: At a home kitchen table, a parent serves a very small taste of pudding on the tip of a normal teaspoon. The tiny portion is barely larger than a grain of rice, leaving almost the entire spoon empty.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ごく

goku

very, quite

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはごく普通ふつうの学生がくせいです。

    He’s just an ordinary student.

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  2. それはごく平凡へいぼんな物語ものがたりだ。

    It’s just another story.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 幸福こうふくを願ねがうのはごく普通ふつうのことだ。

    It is only normal to want to be happy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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