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- 大変
大変
adverb
- very, greatly, terribly, awfully.
adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun
- immense, enormous, great.
- serious, grave, dreadful, terrible.
- difficult, hard.
noun
- major incident, disaster.
Variations
Pronunciation |
Kanji |
Kana |
Is Common |
大変
|
大変
|
たいへん
|
✔
|
大へん
|
大へん
|
たいへん
|
|
Contained Kanji Breakdown
大
large, big
(1st)
- 一 one, one radical (no.1)(1st)
- 人 person(1st)
変
unusual, change, strange
(4th)
- 亦 also, again (Names)
- 亠 kettle lid radical (no. 8)
- 灬 fire, fire radical (no. 86)
- 夂 late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)