偉い (えらい) — great, remarkable, admirable
偉い
great
Frequency #3178
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
i-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-i, adv)
erai
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.
えらい[2] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- great
- remarkable
- admirable