Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 甚大(じんだい) in Japanese

甚大
Kana Reading
じんだい
Romaji
jindai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    very great; enormous; serious
    Example sentence
    長く続く干ばつ収穫甚大な被害もたらした The prolonged drought did severe damage to crops.

Examples of 甚大, じんだい in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

9 strokes

tremendously, very, great, exceedingly

On'Yomi: ジン

Kun'Yomi: はなは.だ, はなは.だしい

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JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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