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ど偉い (どえらい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ど偉えらい

ど

え

ら

い

Meanings

1

i-adjective

immense; enormous; terrific; awesome

Emphatic colloquial adjective; often used in Kansai dialect but widely understood. Conveys that something is extraordinarily big, great, or intense.

今日きょうはどえらい暑あつさやな。
It's terrifically hot today, isn't it?
彼かれは

ど

えらい

才さい

能のう

を

持も

っ

て

いる

。

He has immense talent.

Written forms

ど偉えらい
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the prefix ど is written in kana and 偉い in kanji.
どえらいUsage100%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji 偉 is not needed.

Kanji

偉admirable, greatness, remarkable

Similar words

偉えらい
ど偉い is an intensified form of 偉い (great, admirable, terrible), adding the emphatic prefix ど. While 偉い can mean 'great' or 'terrible' depending on context, ど偉い is always strongly emphatic and colloquial.
すごい
すごい is a common neutral-to-casual intensifier meaning 'amazing' or 'terrible'. ど偉い is more dialectal and carries a rougher, more emphatic feel.

Etymology

Formed by attaching the emphatic prefix ど to the adjective 偉い (えらい). The prefix ど is a dialectal intensifier, common in Kansai and other western Japanese dialects.