だい

大

Common word

  1. prefix, adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe

    • この決定はあなたの提案に負うところ大であった。
      Your suggestion weighed heavily in this decision.
    • 嵐は作物に大損害を与えた。
      The storm did great harm to the crop.

  2. prefix

    great, prominent, eminent, distinguished

  3. suffix

    -sized, as big as, the size of

    • 瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。
      In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

  4. noun, used as a suffix

    university
    abbreviation

    • 彼女はハーバード大に入学した。
      She was accepted at Harvard.

  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    large (e.g. serving size), large option

    • 大か、小か。
      Large or small?

  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    long month (i.e. having 31 days)
    abbreviation