Illustration: A broad-shouldered adult sits among neighbors at a community-center craft session. His substantial torso and long limbs make the standard folding chair look noticeably small, while the same chairs fit the other adults comfortably.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

大おお柄がら

oogara

large-built

Example sentences

ある研究けんきゅうによれば、大柄おおがらな女性じょせいは双子ふたごを生うむ傾向けいこうがより強つよい。
According to a study, big women are more prone to have twins.
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彼かれは肥満ひまんとはいえないが、大柄おおがらの人ひとだった。
He was well built, if not fat as such.
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彼かれは太ふとっていると言いえないまでも大柄おおがらだった。
He was large, not to say fat.
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Kanji in 大柄

大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
柄design; patternOnヘイKunがら・え・つか

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