だい
Meanings
Adjective (な)
1. important; serious; crucial
2. valuable; precious
Noun
3. serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
4. great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
Adjective (な)
5. safe; OK
Tochigi dialect
Kanji used
large
occurence
Pitch accent
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Top 400
Composed of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
major incident; major happening; big scandal
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
serious accident; major incident
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
to develop into a serious incident
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
a small leak can sink a great ship
Examples (36 in total)
Is it important?
First impressions are important.
Both work and play are important.