safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
loveable; very likeable; like very much
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
considerably; greatly; a lot
considerably; greatly; a lot
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
university student; college student
most part; greater part; majority
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
one large ...; a great ...
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
very popular; highly favoured
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
major incident; major happening; big scandal
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
as soon as possible; ASAP
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
loud shout; excited cheering
very loud volume; megavolume
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
the big two...; two major...; two main...
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
major earthquake; large earthquake
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
huge win; overwhelming victory
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
breakthrough; great discovery
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
large family; extended family
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
loud sound; loud reverberation
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
large monster (Japanese film genre)
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
excessive; too much; unreasonable
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
women's college; women's university
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
major war; great war; world war
great plain; prairie; steppe; hahahaha; LMAO; ROFL
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
best friend; very close friend
university of arts; arts college
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
serious accident; major incident
Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
large hospital; major hospital
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
shouting in a thunderous voice
large intestine; large bowel; colon
rave reviews; extremely high praise
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
commander-in-chief; generalissimo
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
large screen (TV, film, etc.)
terrible luck; very bad luck
great man; magnanimous man
Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle; large passenger vehicle
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism
black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
great popularity; sensation; good reputation
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
great love; passionate affair
university graduate; having graduated from university
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
archbishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
great virtue; virtuous priest; priest; rich person
(state of) utter panic; great panic
(gymnastical) giant swing; all-out effort; frenzied activity
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
double extra-large; 2XL; XXL
lecture hall; lecture theatre; auditorium
surprise victory; upset; coup
major surgery; major operation
immense physical strength
high priest of a great shrine
daihinmin; daifugō; Japanese card game similar to President
large temple edifice; large temple
ōshinbun; type of Meiji-era newspaper characterized by its use of political commentary written in literary language; major newspaper
great writer; major writer
big thanks; great gratitude
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
great stature; large build
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
big athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day; field day
Summer Triangle (asterism)
large circle; great circle
subserviency to the stronger
university student; college student
large tengu; powerful tengu; big braggart; blowhard
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket
the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; MLB
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
large amount of capital; large-cap; big-cap
major change; major transformation
large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary
edifice; monumental architecture; huge building
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
essentially the same with only minor differences
broad policy; overriding principle
big splash; big response; major repercussions
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games
realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition
great scholar; savant; polymath
revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
director of a district (ritsuryo system)
major progress; huge advance
full court; grand bench of the supreme court
large; big; grown (man, etc.); great (friend, etc.); huge (football fan, etc.)
great and small; in detail; all
university festival; rag day
major recession; serious (economic) depression; Great Depression
big match; big game; important match; important game
head temple of a Buddhist sect
lofty; grand; impressive; high school and university
small; tiny; (lit.) size of a palm
Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
atrocity; outrage; heinousness
patient in a serious condition; serious case
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
great man; fine figure of a man
Winter Triangle (asterism)
the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)
major-leaguer; member of a major-league team
Völkerwanderung; great migration in Europe, 4th to 6th century CE
daini (type of playing cards)
Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
large rock; huge rock; being rock-solid; holding firm; being adamant
big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
complete freedom; great freedom; great unhinderedness
university graduate; college graduate
great debate; great controversy
to achieve greatness; to achieve success
giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)
the Tripitaka (complete Buddhist canon)
large-scale (mechanized, mechanised) farming; wealthy farmer
big goof; serious mistake
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
the ten great disciples (of Buddha)
big family principle; extended family policy
Spring Triangle (asterism)
something of the same size; the said university
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
adarsa-jnana (great-perfect-mirror wisdom, wisdom clearly elucidating all things)
(arch.) great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family); crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.)
Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)
great teachings (of the Buddha); teachings of the Mahayana; most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
large rock; huge rock; being rock-solid; holding firm; being adamant
Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
main (switchboard) number; main telephone (phone) number
major religion; great religion
grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
Yamantaka Vidya-raja; conqueror of Death
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
megacompetition; mega-competition
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
grand coalition; grand alliance
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
loudly reciting Amithaba's name
feces; excrement; large effect
major planet; giant planet; Jovian planet
turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard
great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity
position at the imperial court in ancient China
Daewongun (honorary title for the father of the king in Joseon-era Korea; esp. in ref. to Heungseon Daewongun, father of Emperor Gojong)
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
star anise (Illicium verum)
Great Interregnum (gap between Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rule of the Holy Roman Empire, approx. 1254-1273 CE)
supreme order (i.e. of the chrysanthemum); highest possible order of merit
the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
past perfect tense; pluperfect
tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
the great municipal mergers of the Heisei era; series of large-scale municipal mergers carried out between 1995 and 2010 under the temporary Special Mergers Law
Great Qing Empire (China, 1644-1912); Qing dynasty
systemic circulation; general circulation (of the atmosphere)
Dai Kanwa Jiten (major Kanji Dictionary, edited by Morohashi Tetsuji)
swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine; tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
Large-scale Retail Stores Law
being bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous
electoral system allowing for the election of multiple candidates from one district; multi-member constituent electoral system
big goof; serious mistake
greater trochanter; trochanter major
kanji "big" radical at top
second anniversary of a person's death
last session (trading day, trading) of the year
far-reaching amendment; significant revision
master; grandmaster; senior instructor
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)
tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
grand kagura performance at Ise
large lot (manufacture); big lot
school of kowakamai dance founded by Yamamoto Sirozaemon
seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period
first session (trading day) of the year
Osaka Securities Exchange
large character; alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts)
Great American Interchange
Large Magellanic Cloud (galaxy)
eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
university of technology; science and technology college
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
global modelling transformation
Kannon of Great Mercy (alt. name for Avalokiteshvara); Greatly Compassionate Kannon; Daihi Kannon
mass storage control system; MSCS
Manchukuo dialect; Greater East Asian dialect
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
grown-up woman; adult woman
bench used by the Emperor
large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
distinguished scholar; holder of a higher doctorate
Hirosakigakuindaimae Station