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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)
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On readings
ダイタイ
Kun readings
おお-おおきい-おおいに
Words with 大
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —短大生junior college student
- —特大号special enlarged (bumper) issue
- —大代表main (switchboard) number; main telephone (phone) number
- —大納会last session (trading day, trading) of the year
- —大発会first session (trading day) of the year
- —大発生explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
- —大法官Lord Chancellor
- —大恐慌Great Depression
- —大銀行big bank
- —大の字shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
- —大発見breakthrough; great discovery
- —大師範master; grandmaster; senior instructor
- —大天使archangel
- —大嘗祭first ceremonial offering of rice by newly enthroned Emperor
- —大冒険great adventure
- —大横綱grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
- —大金星surprise victory; upset; coup
- —大辞林Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
- —大建築edifice; monumental architecture; huge building
- —大会社large company; major corporation; company with over 500 million yen in capital or over 20 billion yen in liabilities