大たい器き

noun

large container; large vessel

Literal meaning: a physically large container or vessel. Often used in contrast with 小器 (small container).

• この大たい器きには10リットルの水みずが入はいる。

  This large container can hold 10 liters of water.

noun

person of great talent; person of great caliber

Figurative use: a person of outstanding ability or potential, likened to a large vessel that can hold much. Often appears in expressions like 大器晩成 (great talents mature late).

• 彼かれは若わかいが、将しょう来らいは大たい器きになるだろう。

  He is young, but he will become a person of great talent in the future.

• 大たい器き晩ばん成せいという言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying: 'Great talents mature late.'