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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
- —末端肥大症acromegaly
- —末端巨大症acromegaly
- —大空位時代Great Interregnum (period of the Holy Roman Empire; approx. 1254-1273)
- —大航海時代Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
- —胸部大動脈thoracic aorta
- —大腿四頭筋quadriceps muscle
- —大腿二頭筋biceps femoris muscle
- —南都七大寺the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
- —大祖国戦争Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
- —桐花大綬章Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
- —旭日大綬章Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
- —宝冠大綬章Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
- —豊受大神宮Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine); Toyuke Shrine
- —大統領布告presidential decree; presidential proclamation
- —世界大恐慌Great Depression (1929-1939)
- —大元帥明王Atavaka (guardian deity)
- —東京大空襲Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
- —連邦大統領federal president (e.g. in Germany)
- —大ジョッキlarge beer mug
- —わさび大根horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)