大幅

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
(measure word for textile or picture); width; roll
simp. and trad.
(大幅)

Pronunciation


Adjective

大幅

  1. (attributive) large (in width or area)

Adverb

大幅

  1. by a wide margin; substantially; to a great extent

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
はば
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ō, large, big, great) +‎ (haba, width, breadth).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(おお)(はば) (ōhabaおほはば (ofofaba)?-na (adnominal (おお)(はば) (ōhaba na), adverbial (おお)(はば) (ōhaba ni))

  1. wide, broad (especially more so than normal)
  2. large scale, drastic, major, substantial
    給料(きゅうりょう)大幅(おおはば)()()
    kyūryō no ōhaba na hikiage
    a major / steep hike in salary
    大幅(おおはば)人員削減(じんいんさくげん)
    ōhaba na jin'in sakugen
    a drastic reduction in headcount

Inflection

Noun

(おお)(はば) (ōhabaおほはば (ofofaba)?

  1. a specific measure used for traditional Japanese textiles: full-breadth cloth, roughly 72 cm wide, twice the width of a 小幅 (kohaba) measure

Synonyms

  • (textile measure): 広幅 (ひろはば, ​hirohaba)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN