大変

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See also: 大变, and 大變

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
へん
Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spelling
大變 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(たい)(へん) (taihen-na (adnominal (たい)(へん) (taihen na), adverbial (たい)(へん) (taihen ni))

  1. difficult, hard
    それは(たい)(へん)ですね。
    Sore wa taihen desu ne.
    That's tough.
  2. terrible
    (たい)(へん)だ!
    Taihen da!
    Oh no! / It's an emergency!
  3. serious, grave

Usage notes

  • The sense of "difficult" is commonly used in conversation to empathize with someone else's troubles.

Inflection

See also

Adverb

(たい)(へん) (taihen

  1. very, greatly
    • (なん)だか(たい)(へん)(ちい)さく()えた。
      Nandaka taihen chīsaku mieta.
      She looked very small.

Noun

(たい)(へん) (taihen

  1. disaster
  2. difficulty
  3. dreadfulness

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN