膨大

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Chinese

swollen
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
trad. (膨大)
simp. #(膨大)

Pronunciation


Verb

膨大

  1. to swell; to distend; to expand

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: S
だい
Grade: 1
kan'yōon goon
Alternative spelling
厖大

Etymology

First cited to 1872.[1] Likely a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of (, swell, distend) +‎ (dai, big). The second sense of huge is likely a replacement spelling for Chinese-derived homophone 厖大 (bōdai), first cited to 1898.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ぼう)(だい) (bōdaiばうだい (baudai)?-na (adnominal (ぼう)(だい) (bōdai na), adverbial (ぼう)(だい) (bōdai ni))

  1. swollen and large
  2. 厖大: huge, gigantic, enormous, massive
    Antonyms: ちっぽけ (chippoke), 微小 (bishō), 些細 (sasai)

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN