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Meaning of 偉い in Japanese
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偉い, 豪いJLPT 2
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Kana Readingえらい
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Romajierai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjective (keiyoushi)
- Meaning
- great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- awful; terrible
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Examples of 偉い, 豪い, えらい in a sentence
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He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.
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彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
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He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.
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彼はあんなに若くして死ななかったら、偉い学者になっていただろうに。
If he had not died so young, he would have become a great scientist.
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Once there lived a great king.
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He thinks himself to be somebody.
Related Kanji
偉
JLPT 3
12 strokes
admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
On'Yomi: イ
Kun'Yomi: えら.い
豪
JLPT 1
14 strokes
overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia
On'Yomi: ゴウ
Kun'Yomi: えら.い