The Japanese word for big is
大きい
おおきい - ōkii
Japanese Definition
| big | |
| 1. 形容詞. 大きい | |
| 2. 形容詞. 年上の | |
| 3. 副詞. うまく |
Translations for big and their definitions
| 大きい | |
| 1. adj. big | |
| 2. adj. broad, immense | |
| 3. adj. important; crucial | |
| 4. adj. Usage: * Correct grammar: | |
| Usage: * あの 車 は 大きい。/ あの 車 は 大きい です。 - That car is big. | |
| 5. adj. Usage: * Incorrect grammar: | |
| Usage: * あの 車 は 大きな。/ あの 車 は 大きな です。 - *That car is a big __. | |
| 6. adj. Usage: Since |
| 大人 | |
| 1. n. an adult, a grown-up | |
| 大人（へ）の階段をのぼる - to ascend the staircase of (/towards) being an adult: to mature | |
| 2. n. an elder of a group or community | |
| 3. n. in the late (Muromachi period), the representative of a village or guild | |
| 4. n. the head lady-in-waiting | |
| 5. n. one's wife | |
| 6. n. in the (Edo period), a kind of civil servant working in w, Nagasaki | |
| 7. n. the head servant | |
| 8. adj. mature; grown-up | |
| 大人な感じのお店 - shop that has a mature atmosphere | |
| 大人な対応 - mature response to the situation | |
| 9. adj. adult; sexual | |
| 10. n. (honorific) a lord, a landowner | |
| 11. n. (an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own father) | |
| 12. n. (an honorific form of reference for the addressee) | |
| 13. n. a large person | |
| 14. n. a giant | |
| 15. n. an adult | |
| 16. n. a person of high rank, a ruler or noble | |
| 17. n. (an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own parent) | |
| 18. n. a daimyo | |
| 19. n. an adult, a grown-up | |
| 20. n. (Buddhism) the Buddhas and bodhisattvas |
| 成人 | |
| 1. n. an adult; a grown-up | |
| 成人の平均身長 - average height of adults | |
| 成人向けゲーム - video game for adults; pornographic video game | |
| 成人済み - literally already an adult minors DNI, lit=already an adult | |
| 2. n. Usage: * In Japan, the legal age for adulthood was changed from 20 to 18 on April 1, 2022. | |
| 3. v. to reach adulthood; to come of age |
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