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大柄 (oogara)

large build, large pattern

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

大柄 (おおがら, oogara) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “large build, large pattern”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 3

彼かれは肥満ひまんとはいえないが、大柄おおがらの人ひとだった。

He was well built, if not fat as such.

彼女は太っているとはいえないまでも大柄な人だ。

She is large, not to say fat.

女主人は大柄で、色は白すぎ、冷ややかで、とうてい「ソフロニー」という名前のようには見えませんでした。

Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the "Sofronie."

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