► 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:
- あの二人は大変な仲良しだ ⇨ Those two are very close
- 彼は大変な皮肉屋だ ⇨ He is a very sarcastic person
- 彼は大変な大食漢だ ⇨ He eats an enormous amount of food
- 皆の意見を纏めるのは大変だった ⇨ It was a lot of work to put everybody’s opinions together, make everybody agree
- あそこの息子さんが病気で大変な事になったらしい ⇨ I heard their son has been in a serious condition with some disease
- 彼は大変な汗っかきだ ⇨ He sweats a lot
- 庭が広過ぎるのも手入れが大変で困りものだ ⇨ A yard that is too big takes a lot of care and is a headache
- 音楽で生計を立てるのは大変だ ⇨ It is difficult to make a living with music
- 彼は大変な野心家だ ⇨ He is very ambitious
- 彼女は大変な倹約家だ ⇨ She is very thrifty
- 彼は若い頃は大変な乱暴者だった ⇨ He was very violent when he was young
- うちの母親は大変な綺麗好きだ ⇨ My mother loves to have everything clean and organized
- 彼は大変な美食家だ ⇨ He is a big-time gourmet
- 彼は大変な助平だ ⇨ He is very lecherous, lustful
- そうして貰えると大変有り難いんだけど ⇨ I would really appreciate it, it would be really great, if you could do that