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過大

過大

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
だい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjective

過大 (-na inflection, hiragana かだい, romaji kadai, historical hiragana くわだい)

  1. excessive, too much
    過大 (かだい)期待 (きたい)によって株価 (かぶか)上昇 (じょうしょう)した。
    Kadai na kitai ni yotte kabuka ga jōshō shita.
    Share prices rose on excessive expectations.
    過大 (かだい)心配 (しんぱい)すると病気 (びょうき)になるよ。
    Kadai ni shinpai suru to byōki ni naru yo.
    If you worry too much, you'll get sick.

Antonyms

Inflection

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9