偉い – Vocabulary details

偉えらい

Meanings

Adjective (い)

1. great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary

あなたは、お父とうさん、お母かあさんのことを心しん配ぱいして、偉えらいね。You are admirable for worrying about your father and mother.

2. distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous

父ちちは相あい変かわらず偉えらそうに私わたしを見み下おろしている。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

Alt. forms

Kanji used

偉

great

Pitch accent

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ら

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Used in: 4663

Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

偉えらい人ひと

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

偉えらいさん

big shot; higher-ups

ど偉えらい

immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

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Examples (11 in total)

偉えらそうな言いい方かたにたじろぐ。

I flinch at the arrogant tone.

一いっ生しょう懸けん命めいやってる人ひとが偉えらいって。

They say that people who work hard are admirable.

ったく、お偉えらいお姫ひめ様さまだな。

Geez, what a high-and-mighty little princess.

新しん人じんさんなのに偉えらいよ。

You're impressive, even though you're a newcomer.

父ちちは相あい変かわらず偉えらそうに私わたしを見み下おろしている。

My father is still looking down on me with an air of importance.

昔むかし１ひと人りの偉えらい王おう様さまが住すんでいた。

Once there lived a great king.

あなたは、お父とうさん、お母かあさんのことを心しん配ぱいして、偉えらいね。

You are admirable for worrying about your father and mother.

偉えらそうに戦せん術じゅつを語かたっておいて負まけたら恥はずかしいですし。

It would be embarrassing to talk about tactics so arrogantly and then lose.

僕ぼくなんて偉えらそうに横よこからあれこれ言いってただけなんだから。

After all, all I did was butt in with this and that, acting like I knew better.

彼かれは偉えらい学がく者しゃで、さらによいことには、良よい先せん生せいだ。

He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.

一いち応おう、この結けっ婚こん式しきに出しゅっ席せきしている中なかで、一いち番ばん偉えらいのは僕ぼくらしい。