Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “大変”

大変

たいへん

immense; enormous; great

Example sentence

At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

大
On
だい;たい
Kun
おお-;おお.きい;-おお.いに
Stroke count
3

・large

・big

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変
On
へん
Kun
か.わる;か.わり;か.える
Stroke count
9

・unusual

・change

・strange

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