エライ
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary
You are admirable for worrying about your father and mother.
2. distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous
My father is still looking down on me with an air of importance.
3. awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe
4. tiring; tough; hard
Adverb
Usually written in kana
Kansai-ben
5. very; extremely
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
big shot; higher-ups
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
Examples (11 in total)
I flinch at the arrogant tone.
They say that people who work hard are admirable.
Geez, what a high-and-mighty little princess.