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大だい

Kana だい Romaji dai

JLPT N3 Common word

01

大 だい · dai

JLPT N3 Common word

01prefix · na-adjective · noun

large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe

02prefix

great; prominent; eminent; distinguished

03suffix

-sized; as big as; the size of

04noun, used as a suffix

abbreviation

university

05noun

large (e.g. serving size); large option

06noun

abbreviation

long month (i.e. having 31 days)

07noun

abbreviation

feces; faeces; excrement; stool

Examples

大か、小か。

Large or small?

Tatoeba #137762

嵐は作物に大損害を与えた。

The storm did great harm to the crop.

Tatoeba #78411

彼女はハーバード大に入学した。

She was accepted at Harvard.

Tatoeba #91769

02

大 おお · oo

Common word

01prefix

large; big; great; major; important; serious; heavy; loud

02prefix

older; senior

03prefix

final; ultimate

04prefix

rough; broad; general

Examples

大口叩きは何もできない。

Great talkers are little doers.

Tatoeba #137570

彼は大ボラふきだ。

He has a big mouth.

Tatoeba #102471

なんたる大ボラふきだ。

What big talk.

Tatoeba #198949

03

大き おおき · ooki

大 (irregular okurigana usage)

01prefix

archaic

great; grand; large

02prefix

greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior

also written as 正

03noun · na-adjective

a great deal; very much

04

大い おおい · ooi

大

01archaic/formal form of na-adjective

Only 大い archaic

big; large; great

02prefix

archaic

greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior

also written as 正

05

大 たい · tai

01prefix

abbreviation

nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

Source

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