大 — large, big

Readings

On'yomi

ダイタイ

Kun'yomi

おお-おお.きい-おお.いに

Example words

• 大分だいぶconsiderably; greatly; a lot
• 拡大かくだいmagnification; enlargement; expansion
• 大会たいかいconvention; tournament; mass meeting; rally
• 大学だいがく(1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. (2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) (3) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
• 大統領だいとうりょうpresident; chief executive
• 大幅おおはば(1) big; large; drastic; substantial (2) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
• 大使たいしambassador
• 大切たいせつimportant; valuable; worthy of care