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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
- —事大思想admiration of the powerful
- —事大主義worship of the powerful
- —自治大臣Minister of Home Affairs
- —主務大臣the cabinet minister in charge
- —商科大学commercial college; college of commerce
- —商船大学mercantile marine college
- —針小棒大exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
- —世界最大world's largest
- —粗大ごみlarge-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
- —大修道院abbey
- —大蔵大臣Minister of Finance
- —大統領選presidential election
- —大同小異essentially the same with only minor differences
- —東方拡大eastward expansion; eastward enlargement
- —内務大臣Home Minister (pre-1947)
- —日曜大工weekend carpentry; do-it-yourself; DIY; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
- —美術大学college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
- —副大統領vice president (of a country)
- —文部大臣Minister of Education
- —法務大臣Minister of Justice