Illustration: On the step of a Japanese apartment entrance sits a pair of exceptionally chunky work boots with thick lugged soles, reinforced toes, heavy stitching and broad leather panels. One boot stands beside a plain canvas shoe of roughly the same foot length, making its bulky construction unmistakable.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ごつい

gotsui

rugged, bulky

Example sentences

この時計とけい、少すこしごついね。
This watch is a bit bulky.
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ごつい靴くつだけど、歩あるきやすいよ。
These shoes are chunky, but they’re comfortable to walk in.
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父ちちの手てはごつくて、私わたしの手てよりずっと大おおきい。
My dad’s hands are rugged and much bigger than mine.
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