ダイ
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Prefix
1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
Prefix
2. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
Suffix
3. -sized; as big as; the size of
4. university
Noun
5. large (e.g. serving size); large option
6. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (445 in total)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
heavy loss
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
Examples (53 in total)
Large or small?
I hate dancing.
I hate Christmas.
She is a great talker.
I hate shoveling snow.
Tom really loves animals.
I hate ironing.
The party was such a great success.
I hate children.
I hate English.
My house needs major repairs.
I hate reading.
I hate strawberries.
Tom and Mary are great friends.
Do you still hate French?
Does Meiji University have a medical school?
I hate riddles.
The storm did great harm to the crop.
The drought has done great harm to the crops.
I hate cleaning the bathroom.
Mrs. Lee is a great talker.
I hate calculus.
I hate the food in the refectory.
My father is a great traveler.
The small company was taken over by a large organization.
He was the leader of the great expedition.
The house requires repairs.
The company suffered a great loss.
His business resulted in heavy losses.
The mayor addressed a large audience.
Tom hates yogurt.
Stir-fry the ingredients which were cut into bite-sized pieces.
The house requires large repairs.
The Greeks used to hold a big athletic meet.
My younger brother hates working.
The gathering will be large if the weather is good.
I hate people who talk like that.
Tom believes that there will be a big blackout soon.
The speech was greeted by loud cheers.
The large chain store created a new branch.
Never have I seen such a crowd of people.
She realized her ambition to become a great scientist.
According to the paper, there was a big fire in Boston.
A small forest fire quickly spread and became a huge conflagration.
I really hate people that bully newcomers.
I hate mosquitoes, but they seem to love me.
His mother's prophecy that he would be a great musician was later fulfilled.
The jury's guilty verdict gave rise to widespread debate.
My younger brother is bigger than me.
He is proud of having graduated from Tokyo University.
I hear he is a Tokyo University professor.
I hate birthday parties.
The teacher was quite candid about my chances of entering Tokyo University.