KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小13 strokesRadical 大#7 in newspapers
大 · large, big
大 is a kanji meaning large, big. It has 3 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ダイdai
- タイtai
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- おお-ō-
- おおきいōkii
- -おおいに-ōini
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In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 大 · 62 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大きいおおきい | おおきい | big, large | N5 |
| 大きなおおきな | おおきな | big | N5 |
| 大勢おおぜい | おおぜい | great number of people | N5 |
| 大人おとな | おとな | adult | N5 |
| 大学だいがく | だいがく | college; university | N5 |
| 大使館たいしかん | たいしかん | embassy | N5 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫だいじょうぶ | だいじょうぶ | It's ok (all right); No need to worry; Everything is under control | N5 |
| 大好きだいすき | だいすき | very like-able, like very much | N5 |
| 大切たいせつ | たいせつ | important | N5 |
| 大変たいへん | たいへん | very; difficult, hard | N5 |
| 大抵たいてい | たいてい | generally, usually | N4 |
| 大学生だいがくせい | だいがくせい | college student, university student | N4 |
| 大事だいじ | だいじ | important, valuable, serious matter | N4 |
| 大体だいたい | だいたい | approximately; in most cases; in general; to begin with (same as もともと) | N4 |
| 大分だいぶ | だいぶ | fairly well, to a large extent, considerably, pretty much | N4 |
| 重大じゅうだい | じゅうだい | serious, important | N3 |
| 偉大いだい | いだい | greatness | N3 |
| 大いにおおいに | おおいに | much, considerably (same as 大変 (たいへん)), greatly | N3 |
| 大家おおや | おおや | landlord | N3 |
| 大人しいおとなしい | おとなしい | obedient, docile, quiet | N3 |
| 拡大かくだい | かくだい | magnification, enlargement | N3 |
| 巨大きょだい | きょだい | huge, gigantic, enormous | N3 |
| 大だい | だい | big, great | N3 |
| 大会たいかい | たいかい | convention, (big) tournament, mass meeting | N3 |
| 大気たいき | たいき | atmosphere | N3 |
| 大使たいし | たいし | ambassador | N3 |
| 大したたいした | たいした | significant, great, considerable | N3 |
| 大臣だいじん | だいじん | cabinet minister | N3 |
| 大戦たいせん | たいせん | great war, great battle | N3 |
| 大統領だいとうりょう | だいとうりょう | president | N3 |
| 大半たいはん | たいはん | most of, majority, mostly | N3 |
| 大部分だいぶぶん | だいぶぶん | most part, majority | N3 |
| 大陸たいりく | たいりく | continent | N3 |
| 莫大ばくだい | ばくだい | enormous, vast | N3 |
| 大通りおおどおり | おおどおり | main street | N2 |
| お大事におだいじに | おだいじに | Take care of yourself, Take care!, Get well soon | N2 |
| 増大ぞうだい | ぞうだい | increase, growth | N2 |
| 総理大臣そうりだいじん | そうりだいじん | Prime Minister | N2 |
| 大学院だいがくいん | だいがくいん | graduate school | N2 |
| 大工だいく | だいく | carpenter | N2 |
| 大してたいして | たいして | (not so) much, (not) very | N2 |
| 大小だいしょう | だいしょう | size | N2 |
| 大層たいそう | たいそう | very much, greatly | N2 |
| 大分だいぶん | だいぶん | considerably, greatly, a lot | N2 |
| 大木たいぼく | たいぼく | large tree | N2 |
| 膨大ぼうだい | ぼうだい | enormous, extensive | N2 |
| 大方おおかた | おおかた | almost all, majority | N1 |
| 大柄おおがら | おおがら | large build, large pattern | N1 |
| 大筋おおすじ | おおすじ | outline, summary | N1 |
| 大空おおぞら | おおぞら | heaven, the sky | N1 |
| 大幅おおはば | おおはば | full width, large scale, drastic | N1 |
| 大水おおみず | おおみず | flood | N1 |
| 盛大せいだい | せいだい | grand, prosperous, magnificent | N1 |
| 壮大そうだい | そうだい | magnificent, grand, majestic | N1 |
| 大家たいか | たいか | rich family, distinguished family | N1 |
| 大概たいがい | たいがい | in general, mainly | N1 |
| 大金たいきん | たいきん | large amount of money | N1 |
| 大衆たいしゅう | たいしゅう | general public | N1 |
| 大胆だいたん | だいたん | bold, daring, audacious | N1 |
| 大部たいぶ | たいぶ | most (e.g., most part, greater, fairly, a good deal, much) | N1 |
| 大便だいべん | だいべん | feces | N1 |
| 短大たんだい | たんだい | junior college | N1 |
Example sentence
いや、大丈夫だ。
いやだいじょうぶだ
No, no, that's okay.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #228498 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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