Meanings
Readings
Common Words
big; large; great
loud
extensive; spacious
important; decisive; valuable
older; grown up
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
big; large; great
Adverb (fukushi)
very; greatly; terribly; awfully
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
immense; enormous; great
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
serious; grave; dreadful; terrible
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
difficult; hard; challenging
Archaic; Common noun
major incident; disaster
Prefix; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
Prefix
great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
Suffix
-sized; as big as; the size of
Abbreviation; Noun, used as a suffix
university
Common noun
large (e.g. serving size); large option
Abbreviation; Common noun
long month (i.e. having 31 days)
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
important; serious; crucial
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
valuable; precious
Common noun
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
Common noun
great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Tochigi dialect
safe; OK
important; significant; serious; crucial
precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved
Usu. adverbially as ～に
careful
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay
Adverb (fukushi)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly
Colloquial; Interjection; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
no thanks; I'm good; that's alright
だいじょうぶ only; Archaic; Common noun
great man; fine figure of a man
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
adult; grown-up
to grow up; to become an adult
to become big; to grow in size
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
Imagine a person with their arms stretched out wide attempting to look large to scare away a bear!
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