大事

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad.
(大事)

Pronunciation


Noun

大事

  1. important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
    關係生死大事 [MSC, trad.]
    关系生死大事 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì. [Pinyin]
    This is a matter of life and death.
    廉政建設關係國家生死攸關大事 [MSC, trad.]
    廉政建设关系国家生死攸关大事 [MSC, simp.]
    Liánzhèng jiànshè shì guānxì dào dǎng hé guójiā shēngsǐyōuguān de dàshì. [Pinyin]
    The establishment of a clean and honest administration is a matter of life and death for both the party and the country.

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

大事 (-na inflection, hiragana だいじ, rōmaji daiji)

  1. important
  2. (archaic) difficult, highly troubling
  3. (archaic) seriously ill or injured; grave
    • 10th century, Ochikubo Monogatari:
      いと大事 (だいじ)にはあらねど、 () ()しなやみ (たま)ふを
      ito daiji niha aranedo, oki fushi nayami tamafu o
      Although it wasn't the gravest [illness / situation], [he / she] truly suffered fitful nights and days unable to sleep.
    • 13th century, Koun Ejō, 正法眼蔵随聞記 巻六:
      或時 (あるとき) (しり)腫物 (はれもの) ()す。 () () (これ) ()て、大事 (だいじ)物也 (ものなり)、と (いふ)恵云 (けいいは)く、大事 (だいじ) (もの)ならば、 ()すべしや。 (いい) ()く、ほとんどあやうかるべし。
      Aru toki, shiri ni haremono o dasu. Ishi, kore o mite, daijinomono nari, to ifu. Kei ihaku, daiji no mono naraba, shisu beshi ya. I ihaku, hotondo ayaukaru beshi.
      One day, he got a swelling on the buttocks. The doctor saw it and said it was grave. "If it is grave, then would I die [soon]?" Kei asked. The doctor said, "Close to [life-]threatening."
Inflection
Synonyms

Noun

大事 (hiragana だいじ, rōmaji daiji)

  1. An important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing
  2. (colloquial) trouble
Derived terms
  • 大事 (だいじ) (いた)らない (daiji ni itaranai, non-fatal, without heavy injury, no threat to life)
  • 大事無 (だいじな) (daijinai, not worrisome)
  • 大事 (だいじ) () (daiji o toru, as a precaution, to be careful)
  • 大事 (だいじ) (まえ) (しょう) () (daiji no mae no shōji, lose a fly to catch a trout)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
こと > ごと
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

大事 (hiragana おおごと, rōmaji ōgoto)

  1. a serious matter

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

大事 (daesa) (hangeul 대사)

  1. Hanja form? of 대사 (an important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing).
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