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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
- —膨大部ampulla
- —紅大豆benidaizu soybean; crimson soybean (trad. grown in Yamagata)
- —大吟醸top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
- —難関大highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
- —大脳鎌falx cerebri; cerebral falx
- —大恋愛great love; passionate affair
- —大腿筋femoral muscle; thigh muscle
- —大絶賛rave reviews; extremely high praise
- —大腰筋psoas major muscle
- —莫大海malva nut (Scaphium affine)
- —大正解bang on the money; spot on; right answer
- —大賛成complete agreement
- —大不況major recession; serious (economic) depression; Long Depression (1873-1896); Great Depression; Great Recession (2007-2009)
- —大活躍being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
- —大三元big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
- —大音量very loud volume; megavolume
- —大演説harangue; fervent speech
- —大変形large deformation
- —大音響loud sound; loud reverberation
- —巨大波giant wave; large wave