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大変 (たいへん) — very | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

大変

たいへん

N5

adverb

Meanings

1very
2difficult
3hard
4greatly
5terribly
6immense
7enormous
8great

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.

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Kanji in this word

大Large, Big3 strokes 変Unusual, Change, Strange9 strokes

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