大変
大へん
Readings
たいへん
taihen
taihen
English
Adverb (fukushi)
very, greatly, terribly, awfully
NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
immense, enormous, great
NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
serious, grave, dreadful, terrible
NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
difficult, hard, challenging
Noun (futsuumeishi)
Archaism
major incident, disaster
very, greatly, terribly, awfully NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
immense, enormous, great NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
serious, grave, dreadful, terrible NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
difficult, hard, challenging Noun (futsuumeishi)
Archaism
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Kanjis
大 ON: ダイ, タイ KUN: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに
large, big
Stroke: 3 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 4-3-4 FC: 4003.3
変 ON: ヘン KUN: か.わる, か.わり, か.える
unusual, change, strange
Stroke: 9 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-7 FC: 0024.4
large, big
Stroke: 3 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 4-3-4 FC: 4003.3
変 ON: ヘン KUN: か.わる, か.わり, か.える
unusual, change, strange
Stroke: 9 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-7 FC: 0024.4
Phrases
１日中歩き回って大変疲れた。
I am dead tired from walking around all day. I'm dead tired from walking around all day. もし期限切れになったら、大変なことになるよ。
There will be hell to pay if I don't make this deadline. 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。
Parts: 敢えて (あえて) 言う (いう) 若し (もし) 我々 (われわれ) そんな 事 (こと) すれば 大変 (たいへん) 誤りを犯す (あやまりをおかす) 事 (こと) になると 私 (わたし) 思う (おもう)
At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake.