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JLPT N3 Vocabulary

大変たいへん (taihen)

awful,dreadful,terrible,very

  • JLPT N3
  • adjectival noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #411 most frequent

Meaning

大変 (たいへん, taihen) is a JLPT N3 adjectival noun meaning “awful,dreadful,terrible,very”.

Kanji in this word

大 large 変 unusual

Example sentences 12

大変たいへんなことが起おこりました。

A terrible thing happened.

大変たいへん疲つかれた。

I'm very tired.

大変たいへん、忙いそがしいです。

I'm very busy.

彼女かのじょは大変たいへん忙いそがしい。

She is very busy.

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