safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
considerably; greatly; a lot
considerably; greatly; a lot
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
hating; strongly disliking
university student; college student
big snake; (large) serpent
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
most part; greater part; majority
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
great success; huge success
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
one large ...; a great ...
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
very popular; highly favoured
big problem; major issue; big controversy
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
major incident; major happening; big scandal
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
bathroom with a large bath (in a hotel, hot spring resort, etc.)
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
hating; strongly disliking
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
as soon as possible; ASAP
loud shout; excited cheering
very loud volume; megavolume
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
major earthquake; large earthquake
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
huge win; overwhelming victory
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
serious criminal; heinous criminal
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
breakthrough; great discovery
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
large family; extended family
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
loud sound; loud reverberation
medical university; medical college; medical school
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
excessive; too much; unreasonable
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
large monster (Japanese film genre)
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
women's college; women's university
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
major war; great war; world war
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
great plain; prairie; steppe; hahahaha; LMAO; ROFL
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
best friend; very close friend
serious accident; major incident
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
university of arts; arts college
aorta; important traffic route
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
commander-in-chief; generalissimo
rave reviews; extremely high praise
large hospital; major hospital
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
large intestine; large bowel; colon
shouting in a thunderous voice
large screen (TV, film, etc.)
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
high-capacity; high-volume
great person; great figure; person of great character
terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle; large passenger vehicle
deity with extraordinary spiritual powers
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
archbishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
President (of China; title used 1912-1924)
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism
great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
great love; passionate affair
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
sensation; great popularity; big stir; big splash
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
university graduate; having graduated from university
(state of) utter panic; great panic
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
(gymnastical) giant swing; all-out effort; frenzied activity
great city; large city; metropolis
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
feces; faeces; excrement; stool
giant slalom; big rotation
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
surprise victory; upset; coup
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
chief priest of a great shrine
large temple edifice; large temple
great famine; severe famine
double extra-large; 2XL; XXL
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
lecture hall; lecture theatre; auditorium
major surgery; major operation
immense physical strength
big thanks; great gratitude
daihinmin; daifugō; card game similar to President
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
great stature; large build
great writer; major writer
ōshinbun; type of Meiji-era newspaper characterized by its use of political commentary written in literary language; major newspaper
big athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day
Summer Triangle (asterism)
subserviency to the stronger
large tengu; powerful tengu; big braggart; blowhard
large circle; great circle (of a sphere)
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
hating; strongly disliking
greater than; greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; MLB
large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
major change; major transformation
university festival; rag day
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
large amount of capital; large-cap; big-cap
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
edifice; monumental architecture; huge building
massive response; huge reaction; big stir; sensation; major repercussions
essentially the same with only minor differences
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
broad policy; overriding principle
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
small; tiny; (lit.) size of a palm
cold snap; wave of extremely cold weather
full court; grand bench of the supreme court
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games
revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
great scholar; savant; polymath
The Sword of Doom (1966 film)
hating; strongly disliking
(Japanese) long sword; large sword; guandao; Chinese glaive
director of a district (ritsuryō system)
major question (in an exam); important problem
major progress; huge advance
lofty; grand; impressive; high school and university
big match; big game; important match; important game
Republic of Korea; South Korea
large; big; grown (man, etc.); great (friend, etc.); huge (football fan, etc.)
great and small; in detail; all
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Long Depression (1873-1896); Great Depression; Great Recession (2007-2009)
head temple of a Buddhist sect
hacienda; large plantation; large farm estate
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
drastic change; sea change; major turnaround
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
deep subterranean area; deep underground
(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
court dress; full-dress uniform
great man; fine figure of a man
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
institute of technology; technological university; technical university; engineering college
patient in a serious condition; serious case
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
daini (type of playing cards)
major arcana (of a tarot deck)
commercial college; college of commerce
Winter Triangle (asterism)
hating; strongly disliking
highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
major-leaguer; member of a major-league team
large (engine) displacement
top-ranking judge (in the ritsuryō system); chief justice (1869-1875)
Völkerwanderung; great migration in Europe, 4th to 6th century CE
Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
hating; strongly disliking
Korean Empire (1897-1910)
large rock; huge rock; being rock-solid; holding firm; being adamant
big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
Daigaku-ryō; former imperial university of Japan, established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
university graduate; college graduate
University of Tokyo (abbr)
complete freedom; great freedom; great unhinderedness
Harvard University (abbr)
great debate; great controversy
large tax increase; tax hike
to achieve greatness; to achieve success
Council Hall in the Imperial Palace
Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)
the Tripitaka (complete Buddhist canon)
great customer appreciation sale (held at year-end, on a company anniversary, etc.)
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
big goof; serious mistake
big family principle; extended family policy
Spring Triangle (asterism)
large-scale (mechanized) farming; wealthy farmer; farmer who owns a lot of land
something of the same size; the said university
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
(arch.) great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family); crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.)
great teachings (of the Buddha); teachings of the Mahayana; most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism)
the ten great disciples (of Buddha)
adarsa-jnana (great-perfect-mirror wisdom, wisdom clearly elucidating all things)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
major religion; great religion
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
large rock; huge rock; being rock-solid; holding firm; being adamant
grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
dai shogi (large 15x15 board shogi variant)
Yamantaka Vidya-raja; conqueror of Death
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
main (switchboard) number; main telephone (phone) number
Grand Alliance (against France)
major planet; giant planet; Jovian planet
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
megacompetition; mega-competition
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
grand coalition; grand alliance
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
feces; excrement; large effect
Aichi University (abbr); Ehime University (abbr)
loudly reciting Amithaba's name
University of California (abbr)
turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard
position at the imperial court in ancient China
Daewongun (honorary title for the father of the king in Joseon-era Korea; esp. in ref. to Heungseon Daewongun, father of Emperor Gojong)
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
supreme order (i.e. of the chrysanthemum); highest possible order of merit
great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
star anise (Illicium verum)
Great Interregnum (period of the Holy Roman Empire; approx. 1254-1273)
Odoru Daisōsasen (1997 TV drama)
college of music; school of music; music college
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
grand-scale campaign; massive campaign
great egret (Ardea alba); great white egret
past perfect tense; pluperfect
tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
the great municipal mergers of the Heisei era; series of large-scale municipal mergers carried out between 1995 and 2010 under the temporary Special Mergers Law
Great Qing Empire (China; 1644-1912); Qing dynasty
systemic circulation; general circulation (of the atmosphere)
Dai Kanwa Jiten (major kanji dictionary compiled by Morohashi Tetsuji)
swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine; tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
University of Electro-Communications
Gran Colombia (1819-1831); Greater Columbia
Daimaru; Daimaru (Japanese department store chain)
Large-scale Retail Stores Act
being bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous
large constituency; populous electoral district; large group of voters
electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system
big goof; serious mistake
greater trochanter; trochanter major
great impact; powerful punch; impressive appeal
large character; alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts)
kanji "big" radical at top
second anniversary of a person's death
last session (trading day, trading) of the year
far-reaching amendment; significant revision
master; grandmaster; senior instructor
Kuroshio Current; Kuroshio Current Meander
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)
grand kagura performance at Ise
large lot (manufacture); big lot
big boom; big craze; big thing; all the rage
big chance; big opportunity
major hint; important clue; great tip
Harvard University (abbr)
Daigenkai (5-volume Japanese dictionary, 1932-1937)
Doshisha University (abbr)
Nagadai; Nagano University (abbr); Nagaoka University (abbr)
Nagasaki University (abbr)
Tokyo Gakugei University (abbr.)
school of kowakamai dance founded by Yamamoto Sirozaemon
(paying) a great deal of attention (to)
Yamagata University (abbr); Yamaguchi University (abbr)
seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period
first session (trading day) of the year
Osaka Securities Exchange
Great American Interchange
dai dai shogi (large Edo period 17x17 board shogi variant)
Large Magellanic Cloud (galaxy)
Tokyo University of Arts (abbr)
Tokyo Metropolitan University (abbr)
opening act (esp. in kabuki and jōruri); prologue
Tokushima University (abbr); Tokuyama University (abbr)
Okayama University (abbr)
Komazawa University (abbr)
Tokyo University of Arts (abbr)
polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)
Nagasaki University (abbr)
macrosporangium; megasporangium
extraordinary naturalization; naturalization granted by the Diet to foreigners with special merit
Association of Private Junior Colleges in Japan
Japanese Association of Private Dental Schools
Nagoya Institute of Technology (abbr); NIT
eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
Yamagata University (abbr)
loud scream; screaming at the top of one's lungs
Japan Association of Universities of Education
Trading Places (1983 film)
bargain-basement price; greatly discounted price
very surprising choice (for a role, promotion, etc.); unexpected appointment
junior college (attached to a university)
bawling one's eyes out; crying loudly
university of technology; science and technology college
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
extensive forest; vast forest; large forest
gnomonic chart; great-circle chart; great-circle map
Hong Kong University (abbr)
The University of Tokushima (abbr)
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
global modelling transformation
Kannon of Great Mercy (alt. name for Avalokiteshvara); Greatly Compassionate Kannon; Daihi Kannon
huge (traffic) congestion; major traffic jam; complete standstill; total gridlock
da you (hexagram 14 of the I Ching: possession in great measure)
gnomonic projection (in cartography); central projection
Korean Residents Union in Japan; Mindan
mass storage control system; MSCS
da zhuang (hexagram 34 of the I Ching: the power of the great)
Daito Bunka University, Tokai University, Asia University, Teikyo University and Kokushikan University (or Kokugakuin University) (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Daito Woolen Spinning & Weaving Company, Limited
transposition of the great arteries; transposition of the great vessels
Dai-Tokyo Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited
parinirvana; perfect nirvana; Gautama Buddha's entering into nirvana
Association of American Medical Colleges; AAMC
Hanyu Da Zidian (multi-volume Chinese character dictionary); Grand Chinese Dictionary
Art and Architecture School of Waseda University
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
grown-up woman; adult woman
bench used by the Emperor
large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
distinguished scholar; holder of a higher doctorate
Hirosakigakuindaimae Station