meaning'large, big'
 onyomi ダイ, タイ
 kunyomiおお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに
termpronunciationEnglish
おお・きい、だいbig, a lot
大きいおおきいbig
おとなan adult
たいかいassembly
たいせつなimportant
おおごえloud voice
だいたいgeneral; substantially; main point
だいとうlong sword
ですたいへんですね“that’s too bad”
だいじなimportant, precious, valuable
おおこえをだすto raise one's voice, to shout
大きなおおきなbig (na-adj)
おおぜいgreat number of people
いだいgreatness
ぞうだいenlargement
使たいしambassador
だいじimportant, valuable, serious matter
大したたいしたconsiderable, great, important, significant
大してたいして(not so) much, (not) very
たいせつimportant
たいはんmajority, mostly, generally
だいぶconsiderably, greatly, a lot
たいへんawful, dreadful, terrible, very
莫大ばくだいenormous, vast
だいじょうぶOK, safe, all right
だいすきlove
おおあざlarger section (of a village)
だいがくa university
大きなおおきないえa large house
おおやlandlord
だいしょうsize
たいそうvery much, exaggerated, very fine
おおさきOsaki: neighbourhood in Tokyo
だいくa carpenter
きょだいhuge, gigantic, enormous
たいせんgreat war, great battle
たいていusually, generally
たいぼくlarge tree
とだいじてらTodaiji Temple
たいきatmosphere
めいじだいがくMeiji University
だいこうぶつmost favourite food
だいがくせいuniversity student
おおぜいのgreat number of
たんだいjunior college
立大しりつだいがくa private university
ぼうだいhuge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling
そうりだいじんPrime Minister
だいじんcabinet minister
がくげいだいがくTokyo neighbourhood named for now-defunct arts University
だいぶぶんmost part, greater part, majority
大なじゅうだいなserious, important, grave
だいがくいんa graduate school
たいりくcontinent
おおあめheavy rain
おおゆきheavy snow(fall)
だいとうりょうpresident, chief executive
使たいしかんan embassy
おおどうりmain road
なみたいていordinary
ごだいしゅうthe Five Continents
たる大ていていたるたいぼくlofty tree
立腺ぜんりつせんひだいしょうenlargement of the prostate
いだいmedical university, medical school, med school
こくむだいじんMinister of State
そうだいmagnificent, grand, majestic, splendid
ただいheavy, much
大いにおおいにvery, much, greatly, a lot of
だいぶつlarge statue of Buddha
おおぎょうexaggeration
だいきぎょうlarge company, enterprise
たいさcolonel, (navy) captain
使たいしこうていambassador's residence
だいそうじょうhigh priest
だいげんすいcommander-in-chief, generalissimo
だいきょうterrible luck, atrocity
だいどうみゃくaorta
だいそつuniversity graduate
おおおばgrandaunt, great-aunt
おおおじgranduncle
おおぐちlarge amount, big mouth, tall talk
おおだい(stock) 100-yen unit, high level (of stock prices)
だいきちexcellent luck
やまとancient Japan
おおよろこびgreat joy
だいかつshouting in a thunderous voice
たいそうImperial mourning
おおがたlarge, large scale, big, jumbo
おおだいこlarge or bass drum
だいうちゅうmacrocosmos, macrocosm, the universe, the cosmos
たいしょう, だいしょうgeneral, admiral, boss
たいざんgreat mountain
おおあらしraging storm
たいさgreat difference
たいていgreat emperor, .. the Great
おおはばfull width, large scale, drastic
だいおうじょうpeaceful death
おおごしょleading or influential figure
だいとくvirtuous priest, priest
たいご, だいごenlightenment, great wisdom
おおあわてgreat excitement
おおて, おおでfront castle gate; both arms open; major companies
おおそうじmajor cleanup, spring cleaning
おおだんなmaster, head of household, man of the house, principal supporter of a temple
おおむかしgreat antiquity, old-fashioned, long ago
だいえいDaiei Motion Picture Company
おおえだlarge branch
おおみずなぎどり, オオミズナギドリstreaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)
おおかわ, たいがriver, stream
たいようocean
たいようしゅうOceania, Pacific Ocean countries
だいこうずいheavy floods
おおるり, オオルリblue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
おおずもうprofessional sumo wrestling
たいほうgun, cannon, artillery
たいさいgrand festival
おおすじoutline, summary
たいこうfundamental principles, outline, general features
たいぐんlarge crowd, large herd, large flock, large school, large shoal
だいたんbold, daring, audacious
だいちょうcolon
だいちょうきんEscherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium
おおくらMinistry of Finance
おおくらしょう(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)
だいじゃ, おろちbig snake, serpent
たいしゅうgeneral public
おおげさgrandiose, exaggerated
西たいせいようAtlantic Ocean
だいきぼlarge-scale
たいしょうimperial rescript
たいしょうかんぱつpromulgation of an Imperial rescript
おおづめfinal scene, the end, finale
だいずsoya bean (soybean), soy (Glycine max)
たいしょうbig prize, first prize
たいしゃamnesty
おおのlarge field
たいりょうlarge quantity
おおいちょうまげginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division sumo wrestlers
だいばいしんgrand jury
たいりくだなcontinental shelf
だいたいbattalion
おおはやぶさgerfalcon
おおざっぱrough (as in not precise), broad, sketchy
だいしんさいgreat earthquake (disaster)
おおさわぎclamour, uproar, tumult
おおむぎbarley (Hordeum vulgare)
たいまhemp, cannabis; Shinto paper offerings
だいこくばしらcentral pillar, mainstay
じょしだいwomen's college, women's university
こうだいhuge, very large, vast, extensive, magnificent, grand
かんだいtolerance, liberality, leniency
こうだいhuge, very large, vast, extensive, magnificent, grand
こうだいhuge, very large, vast, extensive, magnificent, grand
かくだいmagnification, enlargement, expansion
かくだいきんこうan expanded or expanding equilibrium
大綬きょくじつだいじゅしょうGrand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
さいだいgreatest, largest, maximum
さいだいげんmaximum
大綬きりはなだいじゅしょうGrand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
こうだいgreat, immense
じんだいvery great, enormous, serious
せいだいgrand, prosperous, magnificent
どうこうさんだいdilation of the pupil, mydriasis
きゅうそだいpoor student (scholar)
そだいcoarse or rough
ぜつだいtremendous, immense
ひだいswell, enlarge, corpulence, fatness, obesity
こだいexaggeration, hyperbole
こだいもうそうmegalomania
こだいもうそうきょうmegalomania
じゅうだいserious, important, significant, grave, weighty
ゆうだいgrandeur, magnificence, splendour, splendor
がきだいしょうboss of the children (in the neighbourhood) (neighborhood), bully
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