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でかい (でかい) — huge, big, enormous

でかい huge
Frequency #6614 Grade 5 3 characters i-adjective

dekai

でかい
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Meanings

  • huge
  • big
  • enormous

Adjective forms

Non-past covers present and future. Expand a form to see its plain, polite, affirmative and negative versions, where available. Some forms have multiple variants.

Na-adjectives use forms of だ. Conjectural and imperative forms can be formal or literary; everyday usage depends on context.

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Non-past (present / future)

Plain · Affirmative

でかい

dekai

Plain · Negative

でかくない

dekakunai

Polite · Affirmative

でかいです

dekaidesu

Polite · Negative

でかくないです

dekakunaidesu

Alternative variant

でかくありません

dekakuarimasen

Past

Plain · Affirmative

でかかった

dekakatta

Plain · Negative

でかくなかった

dekakunakatta

Polite · Affirmative

でかかったです

dekakattadesu

Polite · Negative

でかくなかったです

dekakunakattadesu

Alternative variant

でかくありませんでした

dekakuarimasendeshita

Te-form (connecting)

Plain · Affirmative

でかくて

dekakute

Plain · Negative

でかくなくて

dekakunakute

Provisional (〜ば)

Plain · Affirmative

でかければ

dekakereba

Plain · Negative

でかくなければ

dekakunakereba

Causative (make / cause to be)

Plain · Affirmative

でかくさせる

dekakusaseru

Conjectural (probably)

Plain · Affirmative

でかかろう

dekakarou

Polite · Affirmative

でかいでしょう

dekaideshou

Conditional (〜たら)

Plain · Affirmative

でかかったら

dekakattara

Plain · Negative

でかくなかったら

dekakunakattara

Alternative (〜たり)

Plain · Affirmative

でかかったり

dekakattari

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