Illustration: Outside a neighborhood bicycle shop, an exceptionally heavy downpour strikes the road in dense sheets, sending broad splashes upward and filling the gutter. A shopkeeper shelters beneath the deep entrance awning, holding a bicycle helmet and staring at the curtain of water with raised eyebrows.

JLPT N3prefixLevel estimated by Bebop

大おお

big, large, great

Used before another word, as in 大雨. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

大雨おおあめになるらしいよ。
They say we’re going to get heavy rain.
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トムは大声おおごえで叫さけんだ。
Tom shouted.
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人前ひとまえで大騒おおさわぎするな。
Don’t make a scene in public.
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Kanji in 大

大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい

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