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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
- —大豆ミートsoy meat
- —人造大理石terrazzo
- —大サービスbig treat; great offer
- —大腸菌群数coliform (bacteria) count; total coliform
- —大パニック(state of) utter panic; great panic
- —大規模半壊partial building damage comprising 50-70% of the surface area
- —大リーガーmajor-leaguer; member of a major-league team
- —八幡大菩薩Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
- —大規模接種mass vaccination
- —陸軍大学校Army War College
- —前立腺肥大enlargement of the prostate
- —大回転競技giant slalom; GS
- —大同盟戦争War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
- —対仏大同盟Grand Alliance (against France)
- —大東亜帝国Daito Bunka University, Tokai University, Asia University, Teikyo University and Kokushikan University (or Kokugakuin University) (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)
- —黒潮大蛇行Kuroshio Current; Kuroshio Current Meander
- —大チャンスbig chance; big opportunity
- —農業大学校agricultural college
- —大規模災害large-scale disaster; major disaster
- —東京六大学Tokyo Big Six Universities (esp. the baseball federation)