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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
- —大爆笑thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
- —大画面large screen (TV, film, etc.)
- —大混乱chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
- —大事業large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
- —大変化major change; major transformation
- —大の男adult man
- —大邸宅mansion
- —大黒鼠white rat; white rat that serves Daikoku (god of wealth)
- —大変革revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
- —大洪水heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
- —大打撃heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
- —大日経Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
- —大自在complete freedom; great freedom; great unhinderedness
- —大伽藍large temple edifice; large temple
- —大括弧square brackets
- —大躍進Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
- —大浴場bathroom with a large bath (in a hotel, hot spring resort, etc.)
- —大迷惑great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
- —尊大語speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener
- —大部隊battalion; large force