Illustration: At the closing ceremony of a neighborhood craft competition in a Japanese community hall, a judge presents one enormous trophy to a surprised amateur ceramicist. Two other recognized entrants stand nearby holding much smaller matching cups and applauding.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大たい賞しょう

taishou

grand prize

Example sentences

  1. 薫かおる、今いまのところおまえが一番いちばんのリアクション、大賞たいしょうだよ。

    Kaoru, yours is the best reaction so far - you win the grand prize.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 作詞家さくしかが見みた“北きたの酒場通さかばどおり”の様子ようすがポンと描えがかれただけで、演歌特有えんかとくゆうの情景じょうけいが全まったく入はいっていないのが新鮮しんせんに受うけ取とられレコード大賞たいしょうを受賞じゅしょうした。

    This song describes the "north bar alley" in the eyes of the lyricist in a detached way without any enka-specific scenes, making a novel impression and winning the Japan Record Award.

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

  3. さて、突然とつぜんですが、皆みなさん、今年ことしの日本にほんの流行語りゅうこうご大賞たいしょう、知しっていますか?

    This may be out of the blue, but does everyone know what won Japan’s Buzzword of the Year award this year?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 大賞

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 賞prize; rewardOnショウKunほめる

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