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大きい (おおきい, ookii) Japanese meaning: big | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N5 › Freq. Frequency Top 500 Conjugation 大きい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 大おお きい 大おお きくない Polite 大おお きいです 大おお きくないです also 大おお きくありません Past polite 大おお きかったです 大おお きくなかったです also 大おお きくありませんでした Past 大おお きかった 大おお きくなかった Te-form 大おお きくて 大おお きくなくて Adverbial 大おお きく Conditional 大おお きければ 大おお きくなければ Tara conditional 大おお きかったら 大おお きくなかったら
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Meanings Jump to a sense… 1. big; large; spacious; extensive 2. loud 3. important; significant; major 4. older; grown-up Report an issue with this page
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部屋へや
は
とても
大おお
きい
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He spoke in a loud voice.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 は 目め が 大おお きい someone has big eyes
大おお きい 声こえ で 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in a loud voice
Please speak in a loud voice.
〈 事こと 〉 が 大おお きい 問もん 題だい になる for something to turn into a major problem
A small mistake turned into a major problem.
大おお きい 方ほう の 〈 物もの 〉 the bigger/older one of the two
The older-looking child is the older brother.
Expressions· 15 やや 大おお きい biggish; largish; somewhat large より 大おお きい greater than ...; bigger than ... · bigger ...; larger ... 器うつわ が 大おお きい big-hearted; tolerant; open-minded; magnanimous 大おお きくなる grow up; become an adult · become big; grow in size Show 3 more 気き が 大おお きい generous; big-hearted; broad-minded 気き の 大おお きい generous; big-hearted; magnanimous See all 15 in Explore →
Related words· 12 巨大 is a more formal, intensified word for 'huge' or 'gigantic', while 大きい is the everyday, general term for 'big'.
広い focuses on spaciousness or width (as of a room or area), whereas 大きい covers overall size or scale more broadly.
デカい is a casual, colloquial synonym for 大きい used mainly in spoken Japanese.
大きい is the ordinary Japanese adjective for 'big', while グランデ is a stylish loanword limited to specific contexts like drink sizes or brand names.
Show 8 more 大きい is the plain adjective for 'big', whereas 大きめ softens it to mean 'somewhat big' or 'on the larger side'.
大きい is the everyday, general word for physical size, while 粗大 is more formal and specifically implies bulkiness or unwieldy scale, often in technical or waste-disposal contexts.
大きい is an ordinary i-adjective that can be used both before a noun and as a predicate (犬が大きい), while 大きな is a pre-noun form used only before a noun and often carries a more subjective, emotive feel.
Opposites 小さい means 'small' and is the direct opposite of 大きい in describing size or scale.
大きい means “big,” the direct opposite of the smallness that リトル expresses.
大きい means 'big' and is the standard opposite of 小っちゃい, which means 'tiny' in casual speech.
Don't confuse with· 5 大きな can only be used before a noun (大きな家), while 大きい can also stand alone as a predicate (家が大きい).
多い means 'many/much' in quantity, while 大きい means 'big' in size, and beginners often confuse the two similar-looking words.
For sound, 大きい describes loudness or volume (音が大きい), while 高い usually describes pitch (高い声), so learners must not swap them when talking about noise.
Word family· 8 big; large; great
on the large side; slightly larger; a little big
greatly; very much · thanks a lot
great; grand; large · greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior · a great deal; very much
Written forms 大おお きい Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
巨おお きい Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Rare kanji form; included for search coverage.
Etymology Native Japanese word. The kanji 大 is used for its meaning 'big', and 巨 is a rare alternative. The reading おおきい is derived from the classical adjective おほし.
大きい is the standard native Japanese word for 'big', while ビッグ is a trendier loanword often used in brand names or casual speech.
大きい is the standard, neutral word for 'big', while おっきい is a casual, softer variant often used with children or in friendly speech.
大きい is the standard predicate adjective for 'big' in ordinary speech, whereas 大いなる is a literary pre-noun form used mainly in formal or poetic writing.
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.
大きい simply means 'big' in size or scale, whereas 偉大 adds a qualitative judgment of greatness or excellence.
Show 2 more 大きい describes overall size or largeness of an object, while 広い specifically describes area or extent, so a house can be 大きい (big) without being 広い (spacious inside).
大 is a bound prefix/suffix used inside compounds (大成功, 手のひら大), while 大きい is the independent i-adjective meaning 'big' that can stand alone as a predicate.
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