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, rōmaji taihen)

  1. difficult, hard
    それは大変 (たいへん)ですね。
    Sore wa taihen desu ne.
    That's tough.
  2. terrible
    大変 (たいへん)だ!
    Taihen da!
    Oh no! / It's an emergency!
  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, rōmaji taihen)

  1. very, greatly
    • :
       (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, rōmaji taihen)

  1. disaster
  2. difficulty
  3. dreadfulness
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