Word details
大
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 大.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Prefix; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
Examples
この決定はあなたの提案に負うところ大であった。
Your suggestion weighed heavily in this decision.
嵐は作物に大損害を与えた。
The storm did great harm to the crop.
2
Prefix
great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
3
Suffix
-sized; as big as; the size of
Examples
瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。
In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.
4
Abbreviation; Noun, used as a suffix
university
Examples
彼女はハーバード大に入学した。
She was accepted at Harvard.
5
Common noun
large (e.g. serving size); large option
Examples
大か、小か。
Large or small?
6
Abbreviation; Common noun
long month (i.e. having 31 days)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
大
large, big
3 strokesFrequency 7JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ダイタイ
Kun
おお-おお.きい-おお.いに
Nanori
うふおおうたたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもとわ
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