大きな (おおきな) — big, large, great
大きな
big
Frequency #333
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 1
3 characters
pre-noun adjectival
ookina
おおきな
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
おおきな[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- big
- large
- great
Explained in simple Japanese
- ほかの ものより、ずっと かさが ある ようす。
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Usage examples
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春は店長に、大きな機械を買ってほしいとは言いませんでした。
Haru wa tenchou ni, ookina kikai o katte hoshii to wa iimasen deshita.
Haru did not ask the manager to buy a large machine.
小さく直して、大きく変える — トヨタの考え方 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第2章 改善は、小さな実験
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Adjective forms
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