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大のお気に入り (だいのおきにいり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だいのお気きに入いり

Meanings

1

expression

most favorite thing; absolute favorite

Emphatic phrase meaning something is one's very favorite; 大の acts as an intensifier similar to 'great' or 'big'.

この店みせのラーメンは大だいのお気きに入いりです。
The ramen at this shop is my absolute favorite.
彼かの女じょは大だいのお気きに入いりの本ほんを何なん度ども読よみ返かえす。
She rereads her most favorite book over and over.

Kanji

大large, big
気spirit, mind, air
入enter, insert

Similar words

お気きに入いり
お気に入り means 'favorite' or 'a favorite thing'; 大のお気に入り adds strong emphasis, like 'absolute favorite'.

Etymology

Combination of the intensifying prefix 大の (dai no, 'great/big') and お気に入り (okiniiri, 'favorite'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a common emphatic expression in modern Japanese.