Kanji: 大

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	大 Radical name: だい
Meaning:	Large, big
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 6 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	大(おお)きい	big
N5	大(おお)きな	big
N5	大勢(おおぜい)	great number of people
N5	大人(おとな)	Adult
N5	大学(だいがく)	university
N5	大使館(たいしかん)	embassy
N5	大丈夫(だいじょうぶ)	all right
N5	大好(だいす)き	to be very likeable
N5	大切(たいせつ)	important
N4	大学生(だいがくせい)	university student
N4	大事(だいじ)	important, valuable, serious matter
N4	大体(だいたい)	generally
N4	大分(だいぶ)	greatly
N3	偉大(いだい)	greatness
N3	大(おお)いに	very, much, greatly
N3	大家(おおや)	rich family, distinguished family
N3	拡大(かくだい)	magnification, enlargement
N3	巨大(きょだい)	huge, gigantic, enormous
N3	重大(じゅうだい)	serious, important, grave, weighty
N3	大会(たいかい)	convention, tournament, mass meeting, rally
N3	大気(たいき)	atmosphere
N3	大使(たいし)	ambassador
N3	大(たい)した	considerable, great, important, significant, a big deal
N3	大臣(だいじん)	cabinet minister
N3	大戦(たいせん)	great war, great battle
N3	大抵(たいてい)	usually, generally
N3	大統領(だいとうりょう)	president, chief executive
N3	大半(たいはん)	majority, mostly, generally
N3	大部分(だいぶぶん)	most part, greater part, majority
N3	大変(たいへん)	awful, dreadful, terrible, very
N3	大陸(たいりく)	continent
N3	莫大(ばくだい)	enormous, vast
N2	大通(おおどお)り	main street
N2	大凡(おおよそ)	about, roughly, as a rule, approximately
N2	増大(ぞうだい)	enlargement
N2	総理大臣(そうりだいじん)	Prime Minister
N2	大学院(だいがくいん)	graduate school
N2	大工(だいく)	carpenter
N2	大(たい)して	(not so) much, (not) very
N2	大小(だいしょう)	size
N2	大層(たいそう)	very much, exaggerated, very fine
N2	大分(だいぶん)	considerably, greatly, a lot
N2	大木(たいぼく)	large tree
N2	膨大(ぼうだい)	huge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling, expansion
N1	大方(おおかた)	perhaps, almost all, majority
N1	大柄(おおがら)	large build, large pattern
N1	大(おお)げさ	grandiose, exaggerated
N1	大事(おおごと)	important, valuable, serious matter
N1	大(おお)ざっぱ	rough (as in not precise), broad, sketchy
N1	大筋(おおすじ)	outline, summary
N1	大空(おおぞら)	heaven, firmament, the sky
N1	大幅(おおはば)	full width, large scale, drastic
N1	大水(おおみず)	flood
N1	お大事(だいじ)に	Take care of yourself
N1	大人(おとな)しい	obedient, docile, quiet
N1	盛大(せいだい)	grand, prosperous, magnificent
N1	壮大(そうだい)	magnificent, grand, majestic, splendid
N1	大概(たいがい)	in general, mainly
N1	大金(たいきん)	great cost
N1	大衆(たいしゅう)	general public
N1	大部(たいぶ)	most (e.g. most part), greater, fairly, a good deal, much
N1	短大(たんだい)	junior college
N1	大胆(だいたん)	bold, daring, audacious
N1	大便(だいべん)	feces, excrement, shit
N1	長大(ちょうだい)	very long, great length