Word Meaning 大変

たいへん taihen

大変 is read as たいへん (taihen) and means major incident.

Meaning

English

  1. major incident
  2. disaster
  3. difficult
  4. hard
  5. challenging
  6. immense
  7. enormous
  8. great

Reading

Kana

たいへん

Romaji

taihen

Writing Variants

  • 大へん たいへん taihen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大正政変

たいしょうせいへん

Taishō Political Crisis (1913)

大変化

だいへんか

major change

大変身

だいへんしん

makeover

大変革

だいへんかく

revolution

大域変数

たいいきへんすう

global variable

結構大変

けっこうたいへん

quite a chore

大雪

おおゆき

"major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

大船

おおぶね

large boat

大戦

たいせん

world war

大部分

だいぶぶん

most part

大多数

だいたすう

great majority

大好き

だいすき

liking very much

Example Sentences

10

Ah! This is bad!

It's not a joke.

I'm exhausted.

It was a hard day.

Is the school work hard?

It's awfully cold today.

It'll be hard, but we're going to win!

It was a great help!

The car is very fast.

Afterwards there will be hell to pay.