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大変
たいへん
N5
adverb
Meanings
1
very
2
difficult
3
hard
4
greatly
5
terribly
6
immense
7
enormous
8
great
Example sentence
今日の仕事は大変でした。
きょうの しごとは たいへんでした。
Today's work was tough.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 大変 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
大
Large, Big
3 strokes
変
Unusual, Change, Strange
9 strokes
More words with
大
大方
おおかた ·
almost all
N1
大幅
おおはば ·
full width
N1
大柄
おおがら ·
large build
N1
大水
おおみず ·
flood
N1
長大
ちょうだい ·
long and large
Full entry on Jisho
盛大
せいだい ·
grand
N1
壮大
そうだい ·
magnificent
N1
大きい
おおきい ·
big
N5
More words with
変
変動
へんどう ·
change
N1
変更
へんこう ·
change
N3
変革
へんかく ·
change
N1
変遷
へんせん ·
change
N1
相変わらず
あいかわらず ·
as ever
N3
地殻変動
ちかくへんどう ·
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)
変わり
かわり ·
change
一変
いっぺん ·
complete change
N1
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