Play word 大検 大検 だいけん University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
Play word 大原女 大原女 おはらめ woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)
Play word 大御所時代 大御所時代 おおごしょじだい Ōgosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)
Play word 大妻女子大学短期大学部 大妻女子大学短期大学部 おおつまじょしだいがくたんきだいがくぶ Ōtsuma Women's University Junior College Division
Play word 大宰府 大宰府 だざいふ dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)