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大事
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 大事.
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Entry
1
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
important; serious; crucial
Examples
あなたの親切な言葉は大事に心に刻みつけておきます。
I'll treasure your kind words.
2
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
valuable; precious
Examples
彼は私たちにとって大事な人だ。
He is precious to us.
3
Common noun
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
4
Common noun
great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
5
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Tochigi dialect
safe; OK
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