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多大 (ただい, tadai) Japanese meaning: great | Kotomora

多た大だい

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

great; huge; enormous; serious

Used for large quantities, amounts, or degrees, often in formal or written contexts. Can modify nouns directly (多大な/多大の) or be used as a noun.

多た大だいなご支し援えんをいただき、ありがとうございます。

Thank you for your great support.

その事じ故こは多た大だいの損そん害がいをもたらした。

The accident caused enormous damage.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に多た大だいな影えい響きょうを与あたえるto have a huge impact on something
その事じ故こは業ぎょう界かい全ぜん体たいに多た大だいな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。
The accident had a huge impact on the entire industry.
多た大だいな迷めい惑わくをかけるto cause someone great trouble
工こう事じの遅おくれでご近きん所じょに多た大だいな迷めい惑わくをかけてしまいました。
多た大だいな被ひ害がいを受うけるto suffer enormous damage
台たい風ふうにより農のう作さく物ぶつは多た大だいな被ひ害がいを受うけた。
The crops suffered enormous damage due to the typhoon.
多た大だいな貢こう献けんをするto make a huge contribution
彼かれは会かい社しゃの発はっ展てんに多た大だいな貢こう献けんをした。
He made a huge contribution to the company's growth.
多た大だいなご協きょう力りょくをいただくto receive great cooperation from someone (polite)
皆みな様さまには多た大だいなご協きょう力りょくをいただき、感かん謝しゃしております。
We are grateful for the great cooperation everyone has given us.

Kanji

多many, frequent, much
大large, big

Related words· 6

莫ばく大だいN3
莫大 is typically used for enormous sums of money or quantities, while 多大 is broader and often modifies abstract things like effort, damage, or influence.
甚じん大だい
甚大 is almost always paired with negative outcomes like damage or loss (甚大な被害), whereas 多大 can describe positive or neutral things too (多大な貢献).
大おおきいN5
大きい is the everyday, general word for 'big' in size or degree, while 多大 is a formal, written-register word for a large degree or quantity.
多た分ぶんN5
多大 is the common modern word for 'great' or 'large' (as in 多大な影響), replacing the rarer formal use of 多分 meaning 'considerable'.

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膨ぼう大だいN2
多大 and 膨大 both describe a very large amount, but 多大 leans toward abstract effects like damage or effort, while 膨大 fits raw quantity or scale.
絶ぜつ大だいN1
多大 describes a large degree of something, often in negative contexts like 迷惑 (trouble), while 絶大 stresses truly overwhelming, often positive, power or influence.

Opposites

僅きん少しょう
僅少 means a negligible or very small amount, the opposite of the huge amount or degree expressed by 多大.
微び々び
多大 describes something as great or substantial in amount, the opposite of 微々, which describes something as negligibly small.

Don't confuse with

多た々た
多々 describes many instances or occurrences of something, while 多大 describes the great magnitude or extent of a single thing, as in 多大な迷惑.

Etymology

Compound of 多 (many) and 大 (big), directly conveying the sense of 'great in quantity or degree'.

The construction delay caused great trouble for the neighbors.