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大丈夫

大丈夫

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
man of vigor; brave man
simp. and trad.
(大丈夫)
丈夫

Noun

大丈夫

  1. (literary) a true man; a real man; a man of character

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
じょう
Grade: S

Grade: 4
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

大丈夫 (-na inflection, hiragana だいじょうぶ, romaji daijōbu, historical hiragana だいぢやうぶ)

  1. (of a person) all right; okay; in good health; uninjured
     (だい) (じょう) ()ですか。
    Daijōbu desu ka.
    Are you all right?
  2. (of an object) strong, sturdy, stable
  3. safe, certain, correct, certifiable

Synonyms

Adverb

大丈夫 (hiragana だいじょうぶ, romaji daijōbu, historical hiragana だいぢやうぶ)

  1. certainly; surely; without mistake
    • 1996 February 20, Mitsuru Adachi, なにがなんだか 後編 [Who Is Who: Last Chapter]”, in ショート・プログラム [Short Program], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-121881-4, page 283:
       (だい) (じょう) () ()かります!
      Daijōbu ukarimasu!
      You'll definitely pass!
      ほんとに⁉
      Honto ni⁉
      Really!?

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067