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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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ダイタイ
Kun readings
おお-おおきい-おおいに
Words with 大
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —気宇壮大magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
- —大喝一声shouting in a thunderous voice; blustering out
- —大兵肥満big portly man
- —胆大心小being bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous
- —二大強国(the) two great powers
- —大学制度university system
- —大死一番exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
- —足軽大将samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers
- —一大決心momentous (crucial) decision
- —一大旋風great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash
- —一大鉄槌dealing a hard (heavy, crushing) blow (to)
- —一大転機significant turning point
- —一夜大尽rags to riches; overnight millionaire
- —田舎大尽provincial (country) millionaire
- —拡大路線expansion policy; road to expansion
- —自己肥大self-aggrandizement; self-glorification; something becoming large by feeding upon itself
- —事大根性slavish submission to power; sycophancy; flunkeyism; toadyism
- —重厚長大heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
- —親藩大名daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
- —勢力拡大expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)