大

Meaning

大 centers on the idea of largeness or bigness in size, scale, or importance.

• 大おお
  N3

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

• 大だい
  N3

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

• 大丈夫だいじょうぶ
  N5

  safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay

• 大きいおおきい
  N5

  big; large; great

• 大阪おおさか
  N5

  Osaka (city, prefecture)

• 大変たいへん
  N5

  very; greatly; terribly; awfully

• 大学だいがく
  N5

  university; college

• 大きなおおきな
  N5

  big; large; great

• 大事だいじ
  N4

  important; serious; crucial

• 最大さいだい
  N3

  biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

• 大人おとな
  N5

  adult; grown-up

• 大会たいかい
  N4

  mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering

• 大好きだいすき
  N5

  liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of

• 大切たいせつ
  N5

  important; significant; serious; crucial

• 大統領だいとうりょう
  N4

  president (of a country)

• 大量たいりょう
  N3

  large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

• 拡大かくだい
  N3

  expansion; extension

• 巨大きょだい
  N3

  huge; gigantic; enormous

• 大臣だいじん
  N3

  cabinet minister

• 大型おおがた
  N3

  large; large-sized; large-scale; big

• 大手おおて
  N2

  major company; big company

• 大分だいぶ
  N4

  considerably; greatly; a lot

• 大体だいたい
  N5

  generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about

• 大半たいはん
  N3

  majority; more than half; most (of)

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