Keyword
great
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1772
Readings
えら
(65%)
(34%)
Composed of
thin person
tanned leather
Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
Examples (116 in total)
Once there lived a great king.
Judging from what you say, he must be a great writer.
This is how the great empire came into existence.
The experiments led to great discoveries.
As a result, he became a great merchant.
It was one of the great discoveries in science.
He is the greatest man in the world.
He is great in many ways.
They were all great men.
I am not so stupid as to deny its great beauty.
I feel a great love for all of humanity.
You should read about the careers of great men.
I often say a great doctor kills more people than a great general.
Great is the power of habit.
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
Every great writer seems to have been interested in English.
Judging from what you say, he must be a great scholar.
They regarded him as a great scholar.
There are many people who think of Jesus as a great teacher.
The great politician passed away in 1963.
The boy grew up to be a great statesman.
The great statesman and general is still living.
The fact that he was a great statesman cannot be denied.
He was a great general and statesman.
He was a great statesman and was elected president.
He is supposed to have been a great statesman.
Baseball is often called "the great American sport".
A great scholar is not necessarily a good teacher.
It was said that a great poet had resided here.
He is known as a great poet.
He thinks himself a great poet.
He has some grave defects, but I think he is a great scholar all the same.
A nation need not necessarily be powerful to be great.
He was a great statesman in life.
He is known as a great painter.
She became a famous painter.
The poor man finally became a great artist.
The poor young man finally became a great artist.
It is clear that he is a great artist.
He is such a great artist that we all admire.
John grew up to be a great artist.
A prize was given in honor of the great scientist.
The boy grew up to be a great scientist.
His son became a great scientist.
He is numbered among the greatest scientists in the world.
He is one of the greatest scientists in the world.
He is a great scientist.
As great a scientist as he is, he lacks common sense.
He is said to be a great scientist.
He was an excellent scientist, and what is more, was a great poet.
He grew up to be a great scientist.
He is considered one of the greatest scientists in our country.
She grew up to be a great scientist.
I want to grow up to be a great scientist.
I consider him a great scientist.
Mr. Suzuki is a great scientist.
He came to be known as a great novelist.
He is regarded as a great statesman.
He was regarded as the greatest writer of the day.
We regard him as a great man.
In addition to being a good teacher, she was a great scholar.
The son of a great actor became a good actor in his own right.
A great man doesn't care about his appearance.
They are great masterpieces of European art.
He was endowed with great talents.
This is a great invention in a way.
Everyone regarded him as a great singer.
The boy talks as if he were a great scholar.
Great thoughts come from the heart.
He is proud that his father was a great scientist.
Because he was a great musician.
He was a great musician.
He became a great musician.
He was destined to become a great musician.
She proved to be a great musician.
He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.
He became a great pianist in this way.
He is known as a great pianist.
If he had not died so young, he would have become a great scientist.
The moon landing was a monumental achievement.
Many great men came from this town.
The boy grew up to be a great man.
Mozart was greater than any other composer of his time.
I think Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived.
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
Alfred, King of England, was a great scholar as well as a great ruler.
Technology has given us immense power.
Basho was the greatest poet.
The great critic and poet is lecturing on philosophy.
The great critic and the poet are traveling together.
Radio is a great invention.
Once upon a time, there lived a great king in Greece.
Shakespeare is a great poet.
Shakespeare is the greatest poet that England has ever produced.
He never forgot his ambition to become a great statesman.
In addition to being a famous physicist, he is a great novelist.
She achieved great success in her business.
His great learning has at last been recognized.
He is known to everybody as a great ballplayer.
This monument is in memory of a great statesman.
Lincoln is one of the greatest figures in American history.
Lincoln is a great person.
Lincoln was a great statesman.
A student visited the house of the great playwright.
Beethoven was a great musician.
Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.
Nothing is as great as maternal love.
Their climbing of Mt. Everest was a great achievement.
Shakespeare is one of the greatest poets.
It seems that he was a great athlete.
Hideyo Noguchi was a great man.
Great scholar as he is, he is lacking in common sense.
He is a great scholar, but lacks what is called common sense.
We all regard Thomas Edison as a great inventor.
The great Roman hero, Julius Caesar, was assassinated.
Lindbergh's solo nonstop transatlantic flight was a remarkable accomplishment.