Kanji
Readingたい
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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
colonel; (navy) captain
large sword; long sword
large tree; big tree; huge tree
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
large river
(not so) much; (not) very
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
large amount of money; great cost
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
gun; cannon; artillery
ambition; aspiration
great war; great battle; world war
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
great difference; big difference; wide margin
serious crime; grave sin
ambassador
general public; the masses
trivial; not amounting to much
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
great cause; moral law; justice
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
great mountain; large mountain
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
great emperor; ... the Great
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
large-flowered
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
school inter-class ball-game competition
serious damage; drubbing
the Seven Deadly Sins
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
outline; survey; compendium
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
big prize; first prize
high steward; grand master
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
large fire
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
(Edo-period) chief minister
crushing defeat
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
big catch (fishing); good haul
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
main street; avenue
enlightenment; great wisdom
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
rebellion; great uprising
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period)
aspiration; ambition
prefectural tournament
grand festival
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game of go
great disaster
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
major festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)
complete collection; large collection; complete works
big talk; boasting; bragging
marathon race; marathon
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
Dark Continent (i.e. Africa)
general classification; broad categorization
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
big talk; braggadocio
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
serious illness; dangerous disease
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
loud laughter; hearty laugh
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
restoration of imperial rule
hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings
imperial command; royal command
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
great victory; crushing victory
writing in large letters
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
superpower; superstate
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
large container; person of great talent
supreme wisdom; sage
serious error; gross mistake
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
lucky day; auspicious day
gale; strong wind; high wind
great demon; ghostly giant
American continent; the Americas
large sum (of money)
great eater; glutton
ambassador plenipotentiary
large army; huge force
calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric
boss; governor; headman
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
popularization; popularisation
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
ordinary people; general public; public at large
large feudal domain; large fiefdom; powerful clan
goodwill ambassador; friendship ambassador
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter
great treasure; Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era; great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); homa-mandala (fire altar)
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
roundup; wholesale arrest
supreme authority
outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness
distinguished or meritorious service
person of high rank or income
broad overview; general survey
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
sovereign power; the reins of government
high-ranking official
deep regret; great disappointment
mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain
down-market; popular; mass-market
(the crime of) high treason
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
outside Earth's atmosphere; outer space; exoatmosphere; exo-atmosphere
large-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
great disaster; calamity
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
important law; fundamental law
within Earth's atmosphere; inner space
athletic meet (esp. at primary school); sports day; field day
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
summary; outline
economic superpower; economic powerhouse
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
great talents mature late
realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
grand-scale or long-range plan; farsighted policy
amnesty; general pardon
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
North American continent
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
commemoration meeting
carefully; with (great) care; with caution
samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers
fundamental principles; main lines; outline; summary; general features
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
trans-Atlantic; trans-Atlantic crossing
broad view; big picture; wide perspective
state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral)
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
court dress; full-dress uniform
dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
venerable authority; elderly master
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper
voluminous work; bulky volume; tome; great work; masterpiece; magnum opus
Supreme Court (until 1947); Great Court of Cassation
(political) party convention
South American continent
violent earthquake; severe earthquake
epic film; big-budget movie
real courage
good bag (hunting)
regularly held festival
Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15)
atmospheric pressure
very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
charge d'affaires of embassy
continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details
continental state (e.g. Australia)
fishermen's banner hoisted to indicate a rich haul; big-catch flag
continental shelf
Mu (legendary lost continent)
blistering heat; "major heat" solar term (approx. July 23)
imperial rescript
founder; progenitor; emperor
great number; very large number; round number; approximate figure
serious illness; travails
Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good
Taisai; one of the eight gods of the koyomi; (arch.) Jupiter (planet)
great folly or fool
imperial funeral
popular entertainment; mass entertainment; public amusement
great enterprise; great task
loud cry; shout
heavy damage; great harm
mass extinction; extinction event
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
magnanimity
Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings
large or bulky book or volume
(printed or written in) large letters
big eater; trencherman; glutton
banner (imperial, shogun, etc.); standard
Taiei era (1521.8.23-1528.8.20)
leading figure; foundation
mass movement; popular movement
low-cost car designed for the mass market; economy car; popular car
much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
person who achieves perfection; person who perfects (e.g. a theory)
being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition
Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
Olympic Games; Olympics
major agricultural country; agricultural power; agripower
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
sorry to trouble you, but ...
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
liege lord; shogunate
the sky; the universe; taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
large banquet; (arch.) court banquet (Heian period)
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
extinction event; mass extinction
Daegu (South Korea)
good for nothing (of large people); big but useless
citizens' rally; mass meeting
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening
atmospheric circulation
end; conclusion; finale
Oceanus Procellarum (lunar mare); Ocean of Storms
Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940-1945)
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate
Great Lent; Great Fast
great circle
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
ambassador's residence
to sacrifice family for a greater cause
feces; excrement; large effect
great Confucian (scholar); great scholar; person of great erudition
theory of continental drift
mass-killing; mass-murder; bloodbath
foundation; basic principles
suddenly seeing the light; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden
funeral service of a Japanese emperor; (arch.) Imperial mourning
enlightened hermit
large country; great nation; major power; great power
Daewongun (honorary title for the father of the king in Joseon-era Korea; esp. in ref. to Heungseon Daewongun, father of Emperor Gojong)
prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China
Corpus Juris Civilis; Justinian Code
encyclopedia
lacking the talent to do anything but eat
continental; continentality
policy favouring major powers; policy of great powers favorable only to themselves
over-the-counter drug
cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
infringing on the power of the sovereign
large building and lofty tower; splendid (magnificent, palatial) structure
second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China); twelfth lunar month
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date
large-scale issue (e.g. of bonds); large circulation
breaking into a hearty laugh
funeral service of a Japanese emperor
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine; tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors
Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)
civil law; continental law
Taishō Political Crisis (1913)
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
the Grand Shrines of Ise
superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies
rich family; distinguished family
imperial wedding
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
upper air; upper atmosphere
Izumo Oyashiro-kyo (sect of Shinto); Izumo Taisha-kyo
regional power; powerful nation within region
three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian)
public-relations ambassador; brand ambassador; person appointed to promote an organization, event, etc.
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
to sell out to the masses
immutable law (usu. the Meiji constitution); indestructible canon
suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one
military officer attached to embassy
Eurasia; Eurasian Continent
Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
atmospheric refraction; astronomical refraction
Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
(European) gray wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus lupus); grey wolf
second anniversary of a person's death
promulgation of an Imperial rescript
airglow; nightglow
great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people
external (earth) ground; signal ground
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
atmospheric general circulation
atmospheric sciences
period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
Great Khan; Grand Khan
large earthenware pot
great talent
great circle route
(in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E); first lunar month
large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp; emperor's encampment
taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
sports competition sponsored by a business enterprise
Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Law (1979)
imperial navy order (detailed)
eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)
imperial army order (detailed)
imperial army order
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
imperial navy order
special ambassador; special envoy
the five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic)
Shinto Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
continental block; continental landmass; craton
having an eye to the big picture; being aware of the general situation
stabilized continent; platform
poor swing (golf); hanging back during the swing; (lit.) Meiji-era cannon
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
conformism; following the crowd; swimming with the tide; me-tooism
(adopting) a popular line; (taking) a populist line
mass (labor) negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation
Taikyoku shogi (variant of shogi)
great circle sailing route
medical cannabis; medical marijuana
impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
National Invitational High-School Baseball Tournament; Spring Koshien
evergreen magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora); southern magnolia; loblolly magnolia; bull bay
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salmar)
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)
petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); Atlantic bluefin tuna
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
great talent
ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister
large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
vice-minister (ritsuryo system); deputy minister
severe punishment; death penalty
plotting to damage the imperial palace or an imperial tomb
Taishō Station (Osaka)