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大変

大変

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
へん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

大変 (-na inflection, hiragana たいへん, romaji taihen)

  1. difficult, hard
    それは大変 (たいへん)ですね。
    Sore wa taihen desu ne.
    I'm sorry. That's tough.
  2. terrible
  3. serious, grave

Usage notes

The sense of "difficult" is commonly used in conversation to empathize with someone else's troubles.

Inflection

See also

Adverb

大変 (hiragana たいへん, romaji taihen)

  1. very, greatly
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:
       (なん)だか大変 (たいへん) (ちい)さく ()えた。
      Nandaka taihen chīsaku mieta.
      She looked very small.

Noun

大変 (hiragana たいへん, romaji taihen)

  1. disaster
  2. difficulty
  3. dreadfulness