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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
- —感染拡大spread of infection
- —大ロットlarge lot (manufacture); big lot
- —大ピンチ(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
- —黒人大学black university (e.g. in the US); black college
- —特大荷物oversized baggage
- —復興大臣Minister for Reconstruction
- —研究大学research university
- —四大奇書Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase)
- —大工仕事carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
- —信用拡大credit expansion
- —担当大臣cabinet minister; Minister of State for Special Missions
- —最大野党main opposition party; largest opposition party
- —大排気量large (engine) displacement
- —最大多数greatest number of people
- —粗大運動gross motor skill; gross motor movement
- —大黒頭巾bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
- —大学学長president (of a university); chancellor; vice-chancellor
- —国防大臣Minister of Defense
- —大ブームbig boom; big craze; big thing; all the rage
- —大尽遊びspending extravagantly (esp. in the red light districts); extravagant spending spree; spending money in royal style