Describes something large in scale or bulk, or coarse rather than fine in texture or granularity. Very common in 粗大ごみ, meaning bulky waste.
Bulky waste is collected only once a month.
Coarse particles were mixed into the sample.
粗い focuses on roughness or coarseness of texture or grain, whereas 粗大 adds the sense of largeness or bulk on top of that coarseness.
微細 describes something minute or finely detailed, the direct opposite of 粗大's sense of being coarse or bulky.
尊大 sounds similar to 粗大 but means arrogant or haughty in manner, unrelated to physical size or coarseness.
増大 sounds similar to 粗大 but means to increase or grow, whereas 粗大 describes bulk or coarseness rather than an increase.
bulky waste; oversized garbage; large refuse · useless husband; retired nuisance husband
gross motor skill; gross motor movement
A Sino-Japanese compound written with 粗, associated with coarseness or roughness, and 大, associated with largeness.