Word Meaning 大蛇

おろち orochi

大蛇 is read as おろち (orochi) and means big snake.

Meaning

English

big snake
serpent

Reading

Kana

おろち

Romaji

orochi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 20604 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大蛇貝

おおへびがい

scaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

大葉蛇の鬚

おおばじゃのひげ

Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

黒潮大蛇行

くろしおだいだこう

Kuroshio Current

大丈夫

だいじょうぶ

great man

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

大統領

だいとうりょう

president (of a nation)

大衆

たいしゅう

general public

大前提

だいぜんてい

major premise (in a syllogism)

大佐

たいさ

colonel

大麻

たいま

Shinto paper offerings

大胆

だいたん

bold

Example Sentences

乾いてぼそぼそになったパンをかみながらの山の旅で、大蛇にあった。

While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.

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