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大 kanji
large, big
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ダイタイ
Kun readings
おお-おおきい-おおいに
Words with 大
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —三大節the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927)
- —重大化aggravation
- —重大視taking (something) seriously
- —重大性importance; seriousness
- —大学卒university graduate; college graduate
- —大虐殺massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
- —大競争megacompetition; mega-competition
- —大好物(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
- —大災害great disaster
- —大祭司High Priest (of Israel)
- —大司教archbishop (Catholic)
- —大寺院large temple
- —大主教archbishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
- —大中小large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
- —大都会metropolis; big city
- —大陪審grand jury
- —大反対strong opposition
- —大文節large paragraph
- —等身大life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
- —内大臣Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)