How to Say ‘Let’s spend time’ in Japanese
すごそうね
sugo sou ne
[sgoo soh neh]
💬 Usage Tip: [すごそうね] looks unusual here. For the meaning “let’s spend time,” learners more often meet [すごそう] only as “looks amazing.” This card may be aiming for a child-style expression, but it is not a standard match for the English translation.
🇯🇵 In Japan: If you hear something that feels slightly “off” compared with textbook Japanese, it may come from kids’ speech, a typo, or simplified learning material.
Phrase Breakdown
すご
sugo
[sgoo]
great; amazing
A stem from すごい, meaning great or amazing. It combines with そう to mean looks amazing.
すごそうなおみせですね。
That shop looks amazing.
そう
sou
[soh]
looks like; seems
Attaches to a word stem to express appearance or seeming, as in looks fun or looks amazing.
おいしそうなけーきです。
It looks like a delicious cake.
ね
ne
[neh]
isn't it?; right?
A sentence-ending particle used to seek agreement or add a soft, friendly tone.
きれいだね。
It's pretty, isn't it?
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