Meaning of great in Japanese
Definition of great
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(adj-i) great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。
I discerned the potential of great things in him. - awful; terrible
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(adj-pn) big; large; great
この詩は読者の大いなる洞察を必要としている。
This poem calls for great insight from the reader.
- (adj-i) terrible; dreadful
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amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific
すごいぞ！
Terrific! -
to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
マドンナのコンサートはすごい数の客を集めた。
Madonna's concert drew a large audience.
- (adj-na) lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital
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(adj-f) big; large; great
アメリカ人の中には大きな借金を抱えている人がいる。
Some Americans have grave debts.
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(adj-pn) considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
それはたいした問題ではない。
That is not much of a problem.
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(adv) very; greatly
１日中歩き回って大変疲れた。
I am dead tired from walking around all day. -
(adj-na, n) immense; enormous; great
あえて言いますが、もし我々がそんなことをすれば大変な誤りを犯すことになると私は思います。
At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake. - serious; grave; dreadful; terrible
- difficult; hard
- major incident; disaster
- (adj-f) great; excellent
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(adj-i) big; large; great; loud
きみは何と大きい家を持っているんだろう。
What a big house you have!
- (adj-i) big; large; great
- (adj-pn) large; big
- grown (man, etc.)
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great (friend, etc.); huge (football fan, etc.)
ホームズさんはパイプの大の愛用者で、名探偵です。
Holmes is a great pipe man as well as a great detective.
Words related to great
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(adj-no) many; great number of
この市にはいくつもの映画館がある。
There are many movie theaters in this city.
- (adv-to) drop-by-drop; dribbling; in a trickle
- incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
- (exp) start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps
- he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
- (v5r, vt) to send; to dispatch; to despatch
- to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
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to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
無関係の人を殺るな！
Don't kill off bystanders! -
to make (a vehicle) go faster
５ドルをやる。
Here's $5. -
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
サイン書いてやってもいいぞ。
I can give you an autograph if you want. - to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
- to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
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to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
全てを捨ててこのレストランをやる目的はひとつだけでした。
I had only one aim in throwing everything away to run this restaurant. - to ease (one's mind)
- to harm; to injure; to kill
- to have sex with
- (v5r, vi) to live; to get by; to get along
- (suf, v5r) to do ... completely
- to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
- (aux-v, v5r) to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance)
- to make active efforts to ...
- (n) great love of books
- favorite book (favourite)
- (exp) good!; great!
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(n) great enterprise; exploits
人間は動物よりはるかに多くの偉業をなしてきたのである。
Human beings have achieved a lot more than animals.
- (n) great achievement
- (n) great deed
