大だい丈じょう夫ぶ

na-adjective

safe; all right; OK; problem-free

The core modern na-adjective use: something is safe, acceptable, not a problem, or someone is physically or emotionally all right.

• この薬くすりは子こどもが飲のんでも大だい丈じょう夫ぶですか。

  Is this medicine safe for children to take?

• もう熱ねつは下さがったので、大だい丈じょう夫ぶです。

  My fever has gone down, so I'm all right now.

• ここで写しゃ真しんを撮とっても大だい丈じょう夫ぶですか。

  Is it OK to take pictures here?

adverb

certainly; surely; undoubtedly

Adverbial use, often in reassuring predictions such as 大丈夫できる or 大丈夫間に合う, meaning that the speaker is confident it will be fine.

• この分ぶんなら大だい丈じょう夫ぶ合ごう格かくできるよ。

  At this rate, you can surely pass.

• 彼かれなら一人ひとりでも大だい丈じょう夫ぶやっていける。

  He can certainly manage on his own.

interjection, na-adjective

no thanks; I'm good; that's all right

Colloquial response used to decline an offer softly. Because 大丈夫 can also mean 'OK,' context and tone are important.

• 「コーヒー、いりますか」「大だい丈じょう夫ぶです、ありがとうございます。」

  "Would you like coffee?" "No thanks, but thank you."

• レシートは大だい丈じょう夫ぶです。

  I don't need a receipt.

noun

great man; fine figure of a man

Only with reading だいじょうぶ

Archaic noun sense. It refers to an admirable or imposing man, not to the everyday modern meaning 'OK.' Restricted this sense to the reading だいじょうぶ.

See also: 大丈夫 (だいじょうふ)

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「大だい丈じょう夫ぶ」が立りっ派ぱな男だん子しを指さすことがある。

  In older writing, 大丈夫 can refer to an admirable man.