Vocab Info

N5 Adverb, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

大変(たいへん)very, greatly, immense, enormous, great, serious, grave, dreadful, terrible, difficult, hard, major incident, disaster, tough, problem, hardship, terribly, awfully

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb

      1.

      very, greatly, terribly, awfully

    2. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      2.

      immense, enormous, great

    3. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      3.

      serious, grave, dreadful, terrible

    4. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

      4.

      difficult, hard, challenging

    5. Noun

      5.

      major incident, disaster

      Archaic

    All Forms

    大変 【たいへん】大へん 【たいへん】

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    Examples

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      勉強(べんきょう)大変(たいへん)だ。

      Studying is hard work.

      • N5

      大変(たいへん)なことを(つづ)けるのは(むずか)しいです。

      To keep doing something that is troublesome is difficult .

      • N5

      子供(こども)(そだ)てるのはとても大変(たいへん)だった。

      It was very hard to raise children.

      • N5

      クッキーを(つく)(こと)大変(たいへん)じゃなかった。

      Making cookies was not a difficult task.

      • N5

      育児(いくじ)することは大変(たいへん)でしょう。

      Raising a child must be difficult.

      • N4
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