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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大おおごと

oogoto

serious matter, major incident

大事 meaning “important” is read だいじ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 大事おおごとにならなくてよかった。

    I’m glad it wasn’t serious.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. これは、大事おおごとになりかねない。

    This could become a serious problem.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし消火設備しょうかせつびが万全ばんぜんだったので大事おおごとに至いたらずに済すんだ。

    However, because the fire extinguishing equipment was fully in place, it did not become a major incident.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 大

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい

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