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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
- —戦国大名daimyo in the Warring States period
- —壮大華麗grandiose and splendid
- —尊大不遜arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
- —大尽振舞royal treatment; entertain someone extravagantly
- —大胆巧妙bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly
- —大胆奔放bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered
- —大道演説street (soapbox) oratory; stump oratory
- —八大地獄The Eight Greater Hells
- —雄大無比unparalleled grandeur; the grandest; the most spectacular
- —大の苦手being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)
- —大英帝国British Empire
- —大覚寺統imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama
- —大日如来Vairocana; Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha); Dainichi Buddha; Nyorai Buddha
- —歯科大学dental college; dental university
- —総務大臣Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
- —財務大臣Minister of Finance
- —米大統領President of the United States of America; US President
- —大王烏賊giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
- —瞳孔散大pupil dilation; mydriasis
- —大ヒットbig hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)