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巨大 (きょだい, kyodai) Japanese meaning: huge | Kotomora
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The building is covered with a huge glass wall.
He built an enormous fortune.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 巨きょ 大だい 化か する for something to grow into a giant/gigantic size
This company rapidly grew into a giant.
巨きょ 大だい な 〈 物もの 〉 a huge, gigantic ~
A huge bridge spans Tokyo Bay.
巨きょ 大だい な 被ひ 害がい enormous damage
The earthquake caused enormous damage.
Related words· 19 大きい is the everyday word for 'big', while 巨大 stresses an extraordinary, often startling scale.
莫大 is typically used for abstract quantities like money or data, whereas 巨大 covers both physical size and abstract scale.
膨大 emphasizes a huge amount or volume (e.g. data, work), while 巨大 more often describes huge physical size.
巨大 is a general adjective meaning 'huge' that can describe anything, while 巨体 specifically names the huge body itself, usually of a person or animal.
Show 15 more 大型 simply means larger-than-standard size or scale, whereas 巨大 emphasizes an extreme, often awe-inspiring hugeness.
巨大 stresses sheer physical size or bulk of an object or creature, while 広大 highlights expansiveness of area or scope.
巨大 is a formal, general word for 'huge' or 'gigantic', while ジャンボ is a casual loanword typically used for commercial product sizes like jumbo packs.
巨大 describes something huge or gigantic in scale, while 特大 is used for a specific size category one step above 大 (large), as in clothing or food.
Opposites 小さい 'small' is the direct opposite of 巨大 'huge' in describing physical or figurative scale.
巨大 describes something huge or gigantic, the direct opposite of 微小's extremely small scale.
巨大 means huge or gigantic, the direct opposite of the tiny, insignificant sense of ちっぽけ.
Etymology Composed of 巨 (huge) and 大 (big). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys extreme largeness.
巨大 simply means huge or gigantic in overall size, while 長大 specifically emphasizes great length or height as well as scale.
巨大 is the common adjective for "huge" or "gigantic", while マンモス is used as a prefix in compounds like マンモス校 to emphasize huge scale.
一大 emphasizes the importance or scale of an event or matter as a prefix, whereas 巨大 is an adjective describing sheer physical or numerical size, as in 巨大なビル.
巨大 focuses on sheer physical size or scale, while 強大 adds the nuance of power and influence beyond mere size.
巨大 refers to physical size or scale, whereas 絶大 is more abstract and often describes intangible things like support or impact.
巨大 means 'huge' or 'gigantic' and is more formal and stronger in degree than the casual loanword ビッグ.
巨大 describes something enormous in size generally, whereas ジャイアント specifically evokes a giant being or giant-branded product.
巨大 is a formal, objective term for something gigantic in scale, whereas でかい is informal and subjective, often expressing surprise.
巨大 simply means 'huge' without reference to a size category, whereas 超大型 specifically means 'larger than 大型' for classifiable products or phenomena.
巨大 simply means physically huge, while 壮大 adds a sense of majesty or impressiveness beyond mere size.
巨大 emphasizes sheer physical enormity (a huge building or creature), while 大いなる is a literary word for greatness that need not imply physical size.
corporate giant; huge corporation; megacorporation
Show 5 more macromolecule
megaquake; massive earthquake
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
megabank
giant molecular cloud; GMC
