大事

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Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad.
(大事) 		大 事
anagram 事大

Pronunciation

Noun

大事

  1. important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
    這是關係到生死的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
    这是关系到生死的大事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì.
    This is a matter of life and death.
    廉政建設是關係到黨和國家生死攸關的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
    廉政建设是关系到党和国家生死攸关的大事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Liánzhèng jiànshè shì guānxì dào dǎng hé guójiā shēngsǐyōuguān de dàshì.
    The establishment of a clean and honest administration is a matter of life and death for both the party and the country.

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 事
だい
Grade: 1 		じ
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

Adjective

大(だい)事(じ) • (daiji) -na (adnominal 大(だい)事(じ)な (daiji na), adverbial 大(だい)事(じ)に (daiji ni))

  1. important
  2. (archaic) difficult, highly troubling
  3. (archaic) seriously ill or injured; grave
    • 10th century, Ochikubo Monogatari:
      いと大(だい)事(じ)にはあらねど、起(お)き臥(ふ)しなやみ給(たま)ふを
      Ito daiji niwa aranedo, oki fushi nayami tamau o
      Although it wasn't the gravest , truly suffered fitful nights and days unable to sleep.
    • 13th century, Koun Ejō, 正法眼蔵随聞記 巻六:
      或(ある)時(とき)、尻(しり)に腫(はれ)物(もの)を出(だ)す。医(い)師(し)、是(これ)を見(み)て、大(だい)事(じ)の物(もの)也(なり)、と云(いふ)。恵(けい)云(いは)く、大(だい)事(じ)の物(もの)ならば、死(し)すべしや。医(い)云(いは)く、ほとんどあやうかるべし。
      Aru toki, shiri ni haremono o dasu. Ishi, kore o mite, daiji no mono nari, to iu. Kei iwaku, daiji no mono naraba, shisu beshi ya. I iwaku, hotondo ayōkaru beshi.
      One day, he got a swelling on the buttocks. The doctor saw it and said it was grave. "If it is grave, then would I die ?" Kei asked. The doctor said, "Close to threatening."
Inflection
Inflection of 大事
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 大事だろ だいじだろ daiji daro
Continuative (連用形) 大事で だいじで daiji de
Terminal (終止形) 大事だ だいじだ daiji da
Attributive (連体形) 大事な だいじな daiji na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 大事なら だいじなら daiji nara
Imperative (命令形) 大事であれ だいじであれ daiji de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 大事ではない
大事じゃない 		だいじではない
だいじじゃない 		daiji de wa nai
daiji ja nai
Informal past 大事だった だいじだった daiji datta
Informal negative past 大事ではなかった
大事じゃなかった 		だいじではなかった
だいじじゃなかった 		daiji de wa nakatta
daiji ja nakatta
Formal 大事です だいじです daiji desu
Formal negative 大事ではありません
大事じゃありません 		だいじではありません
だいじじゃありません 		daiji de wa arimasen
daiji ja arimasen
Formal past 大事でした だいじでした daiji deshita
Formal negative past 大事ではありませんでした
大事じゃありませんでした 		だいじではありませんでした
だいじじゃありませんでした 		daiji de wa arimasen deshita
daiji ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 大事で だいじで daiji de
Conditional 大事なら（ば） だいじなら（ば） daiji nara (ba)
Provisional 大事だったら だいじだったら daiji dattara
Volitional 大事だろう だいじだろう daiji darō
Adverbial 大事に だいじに daiji ni
Degree 大事さ だいじさ daijisa
Synonyms

Noun

大(だい)事(じ) • (daiji) 

  1. An important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing
  2. (colloquial) trouble
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 事
おお
Grade: 1 		こと > ごと
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

大(おお)事(ごと) • (ōgoto) 

  1. a serious matter

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō

Korean

Hanja in this term
大事

Noun

大事 • (daesa) (hangeul 대사)

  1. Hanja form? of 대사 (“an important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大事

Noun

大事

  1. chữ Hán form of đại sự (“important matter; big deal; major event; great thing”).
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