Illustration: At the end of a performance in a Japanese community hall, a lone amateur singer stands at the stage edge while the packed audience rises in an overwhelming standing ovation. Applauding hands extend through every visible row, and even the attendants at the rear have joined in.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

絶ぜつ大だい

zetsudai

immense, tremendous

Example sentences

  1. これは蘇我氏そがしの絶大ぜつだいな権威けんいを示しめす儀式ぎしきであった。

    This was a ceremony that displayed the awesome authority of the Soga clan.

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

  2. 正宗まさむねの作風さくふうは各地かくちの刀工とうこうに絶大ぜつだいな影響えいきょうをあたえた。

    The style of Masamune tremendously influenced sword craftsmenship in various regions.

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

  3. 葛飾北斎かつしかほくさいや喜多川歌麿きたがわうたまろを含ふくむ日本にっぽんの画家がかの作品さくひんは絶大ぜつだいな影響えいきょうをヨーロッパに与あたえた。

    Works by Japanese painters including Hokusai KATSUSHIKA and Utamaro KITAGAWA exerted a dramatic influence on artists in Europe.

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

Kanji in 絶大

  • 絶discontinue; severOnゼツKunたえる・たやす・たつ
  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい

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