大きさ
Meanings
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General term for physical size, magnitude, or extent of an object, space, or abstract concept.
What is the size of this box?
Please measure the dimensions of the room.
I hadn't realized the magnitude of the problem.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉の大きさを測るto measure the size of something
Please measure the size of this box.
- 〈物〉の大きさが違うfor the size of things to differ
Even though they're the same variety, the apples differ in size.
- 同じ大きさthe same size
These two pictures are the same size.
- 〈物〉の大きさに合わせるto adjust/match to the size of something
I adjusted the text to match the size of the screen.
- 〈物〉の大きさを比べるto compare the sizes of things
I compared the sizes of the two stones.