► 接頭辞
大 [だい] meaning: a lot rank: 1
☆ あんたなんか大嫌い！ ⇨ I really hate you!
☆ 大好きなお母さん ⇨ The mom I like so much, love
☆ 彼女はチョコレートが大好きだ ⇨ She likes chocolate so much
大 [だい] meaning: big rank: 1
☆ 大会社 ⇨ A big corporation
☆ 彼は仕事で大失敗をしてしまった ⇨ He made a huge mistake at work
☆ その映画は大成功だった ⇨ The movie was a huge success (☛ A Chinese-derived word tends to have だい, instead of おお)
大 [だい] meaning: serious rank: 1
☆ これは大問題になる ⇨ This is going to be a big problem (☛ A Chinese-derived word tends to have だい, instead of おお)
大 [おお] meaning: big rank: 2
☆ あいつは大馬鹿だ ⇨ He is a super idiot
☆ 子供が行方不明になって大騒ぎになった ⇨ A child became missing and people panicked (☛ A Japanese-native word tends to have おお, instead of だい)
大 [おお] meaning: serious rank: 2
☆ 彼は事故で大怪我をした ⇨ He was suffered serious injuries in an accident (☛ A Japanese-native word tends to have おお, instead of だい)
大 [おお] meaning: very rank: 2
☆ 事故の連絡を受けて私は大急ぎで家に帰った ⇨ I hurriedly went home after receiving news of an accident
☆ 携帯電話が見つからなくて大慌てした ⇨ I couldn’t find my cell phone and I freaked out
☆ 私は大真面目で言っているんです ⇨ I’m speaking very seriously
More examples:
- 大統領は友達を特赦した ⇨ The president pardoned his friend
- 内閣総理大臣 ⇨ The prime minister
- 彼女は大正（時代）の生まれだ ⇨ She was born in the Taisho era
- 大売り出しに客がどっと押し寄せた ⇨ Customers swarmed for a special sale event
- 彼は大変なぶきっちょだ ⇨ He is a real klutz
- よく噛んで食べることが大切だ ⇨ It is important to chew well and eat
- 彼は家の大工仕事は自分でやる ⇨ He does his house repair himself
- 彼は大学で生物学を専攻している ⇨ He majors biology at college
- 宇宙計画には厖大な費用が掛かる ⇨ A space program requires an enormous amount of money
- 台風が甚大な被害をもたらした ⇨ A typhoon caused enormous damages
- 買い物客が店に大挙して押しかけた ⇨ Shoppers rushed to the store in droves
- 度重なる大災害で国は疲弊した ⇨ The country has declined because of repeated natural disasters
- 大型の台風が街を襲った ⇨ A large typhoon assailed the city
- ダム建設は大型の公共事業だ ⇨ Dam constructions are big public projects
- 彼は大口を叩いていたのに簡単に負けて皆の笑い者になった ⇨ He was talking smack but got beaten easily and everybody laughed at him