偉

Meaning

偉 centers on standing out from the ordinary in a positive way: being admirable, remarkable, or excellent. The sense of conceitedness is a natural extension when greatness becomes self-important.

• 偉いえらい
  N4

  great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary

• 偉大いだい
  N3

  great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

• 偉人いじん
  N1

  great person; eminent figure

• 偉業いぎょう

  great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

• お偉方おえらがた

  superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries

• 偉い

  greatness; excellence; magnificence

• お偉いさんおえらいさん

  big shot; higher-ups

• ど偉いどえらい

  immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

• 俊偉しゅんい

  large and excellent

• 偉えら

  tremendous; big; great; terrible

• 偉いこっちゃえらいこっちゃ

  what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother

• 偉いさんえらいさん

  big shot; higher-ups

• 偉い人えらいひと

  celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

• 偉がるえらがる

  to be conceited; to think highly of oneself

• 偉くえらく

  awfully; terribly; tremendously; exceedingly; extremely

• 偉そうえらそう

  self-important; important-looking; pompous; proud; conceited; snobbish

• 偉ぶるえらぶる

  to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly

• 偉丈夫いじょうふ

  great man; hero; big man

• 偉功いこう

  great deed

• 偉効いこう

  great effect

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