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でかい

also: でっかい · でけえ · でっけえ · でけー · でっけー · でけぇ · でっけぇ

で

か

い

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

huge; big; enormous

colloquial

Colloquial adjective used in casual speech to describe something very large in size, scale, or impact. More emphatic and informal than 大きい.

あの犬いぬ、でかいね。
That dog is huge, isn't it?
でかい声こえで

叫さけ

ん

だ

。

He shouted in a huge voice.

今日きょうはでかいミスをしちゃった。

I made a huge mistake today.

Written forms

でかいUsage51%
Standard kana spelling; no kanji form exists.
でっかいUsage23%
Emphatic variant with geminate consonant, common in casual speech.
デカイUsage14%
search-only kana form
Katakana spelling, often used for emphasis or in informal writing.
デカいUsage12%
search-only kana form
Mixed katakana-hiragana spelling, common in casual contexts.
デッカイUsage1%
デッカいUsage<1%
search-only kana form
Emphatic mixed spelling variant.

Similar words

大おおきい
Standard neutral word for 'big'. でかい is more colloquial and emphatic, often carrying a rougher or more surprised tone.
巨きょ大だい
Formal word for 'gigantic' or 'enormous'. でかい is casual and subjective, while 巨大 is objective and often used in technical or descriptive contexts.

Etymology

The exact origin is uncertain. It may be a sound-symbolic word related to the emphatic sense of largeness, with the geminate variant でっかい adding further emphasis.