► 形容動詞
大変 [たいへん] meaning: a lot rank: 1
☆ その計画には大変な労力が掛かった ⇨ The project required a tremendous amount of effort
☆ 街は昔とは大変変わっていた ⇨ The town was completely different from the way it had been in the past
大変 [たいへん] meaning: difficult rank: 1
☆ この仕事は思ったよりずっと大変だ ⇨ This work is much more difficult than I thought
☆ 一人で子供を三人育てるは大変だ ⇨ It is very difficult to raise three children all by yourself
大変 [たいへん] meaning: serious rank: 1
☆ 早いうちに手を打たないと大変な事になるぞ ⇨ If you don’t take care of it early, it will be a serious problem
大変 [たいへん] meaning: very rank: 1
☆ 彼は若い女の子に大変な人気だ ⇨ He is very popular among young girls
More examples:
- 彼は大変な凝り性だ ⇨ He is extremely detail-oriented
- 彼女は大変な阿婆擦れだ ⇨ She is such a slut
- 彼は大変な大食漢だ ⇨ He eats an enormous amount of food
- 彼は大変な意地っ張りだ ⇨ He’s really stubborn
- 一つ間違えたら大変な事になっていた ⇨ It would’ve been a disaster if we’d made just one mistake
- 彼は大変な物知りだ ⇨ He knows a lot of things. He is a walking encyclopedia
- 彼女は大変な努力家だ ⇨ She is a real hard worker
- 彼は僅差で負けて大変悔しがった ⇨ He was very upset that he had lost by the smallest margin
- 子供達に大変な人気を呼んだテレビ番組 ⇨ A TV program that became a sensation for kids
- ノーベル賞受賞は大変な名誉とされる ⇨ Winning a Nobel Prize is considered a great honor
- 彼は大変な努力家だ ⇨ He is a real hard worker
- 下手をすると大変な事になりかねない ⇨ If you get it wrong it can be catastrophic
- 彼は大変な皮肉屋だ ⇨ He is a very sarcastic person
- 展示会は大変な盛況のうちに終わった ⇨ The exhibition ended as an enormous success
- 大変なのは分かってるんですけど、何とかなりませんか？ ⇨ I know it’s very difficult, but could you somehow make it work?