大幅

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
(measure word for textile or picture); width; roll
simp. and trad.
(大幅)

Pronunciation


Noun

大幅

  1. a big margin

Adverb

大幅

  1. substantially, to a great extent

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
はば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ō, large, big, great) + (haba, width, breadth).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

大幅 (-na inflection, hiragana おおはば, rōmaji ōhaba, historical hiragana おほはば)

  1. wide, broad (especially more so than normal)
  2. large scale, drastic, major, substantial
     (きゅう) (りょう)大幅 (おおはば) () ()
    kyūryō no ōhaba na hikiage
    a major / steep hike in salary
    大幅 (おおはば)人員削減 (じんいんさくげん)
    ōhaba na jin'in sakugen
    a drastic reduction in headcount

Inflection

Noun

大幅 (hiragana おおはば, rōmaji ōhaba, historical hiragana おほはば)

  1. a specific measure used for traditional Japanese textiles: full-breadth cloth, roughly 72 cm wide, twice the width of a 小幅 (kohaba) measure

Synonyms

  • (textile measure): 広幅 (ひろはば, hirohaba)

Derived terms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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