► 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:
- アマゾンは今や世界最大の企業だ ⇨ Amazon has become the biggest company in the world by now
- 駅で爆弾のようなものが見つかって大騒動になった ⇨ It became chaotic when a bomb-like object was found in the station
- 警察は捜索の範囲を拡大した ⇨ The police have expanded the range of search
- 最近の大学は低質な博士を濫造している ⇨ Colleges nowadays are mass producing low quality PhD’s
- 大型の仕事の引き合いがあった ⇨ There has been an inquiry for a large job
- 彼は第二次大戦に関する本を複数著作している ⇨ He has written multiple books on WW2
- お体を大切に ⇨ Take care of your body, yourself
- 大学の法学部の演習 ⇨ An exercise session for the law department of a college
- 怪我は大した事がなかった ⇨ The injury was not a big deal
- 大爆笑請合いの映画 ⇨ A movie guaranteed to make you laugh out loud
- 彼の大統領の任期は満了した ⇨ His presidential term has completed
- 最初に基本を徹底して学ぶことが大切だ ⇨ It is important to first learn the basics thoroughly
- 囚人が大地震の混乱に乗じて脱走した ⇨ The prisoners escaped exploiting the chaos during the earthquake
- 全権大使 ⇨ Ambassador plenipotentiary
- うちの猫は風呂に入れようものなら大変な事になる ⇨ All the hell will break loose if I try to bathe my cat