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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
- —巨大分子雲giant molecular cloud; GMC
- —大目大千鳥greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- —大家族主義big family principle; extended family policy
- —農商務大臣Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
- —日本三大茶three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
- —最大節約法maximum parsimony method
- —大本営発表imperial headquarters announcement
- —大チョンボbig goof; serious mistake
- —大名火消しlocal fire brigade (Edo period); provincial fire brigade
- —大学院大学graduate university; university concentrating on graduate-level education and advanced research; research university
- —大臣政務官parliamentary secretary
- —巨大氷惑星ice giant
- —大叫喚地獄Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
- —夏の大三角Summer Triangle (asterism)
- —冬の大三角Winter Triangle (asterism)
- —春の大三角Spring Triangle (asterism)
- —時無し大根year-round white daikon
- —半大統領制semi-presidential system; dual executive system
- —大学ノートlarge notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
- —大事にするto take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish