Word Meaning 大黒

だいこく daikoku

大黒 is read as だいこく (daikoku) and means god of wealth.

Meaning

English

god of wealth
monk's wife

Reading

Kana

だいこく

Romaji

daikoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 106097 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大黒黄金

だいこくこがね

horned dung beetle (Copris ochus)

大黒椋鳥擬

おおくろむくどりもどき

common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

黒人大学

こくじんだいがく

black university (e.g. in the US)

大文字

おおもじ

huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year

Example Sentences

トムは一家の大黒柱です。

Tom is his family's main breadwinner.

トムはこの家の大黒柱です。

Tom is the breadwinner in this family.

そして私は、１６年来の親友の強固な助けなしには今夜ここには立ってないだろう、家族の大黒柱で、愛する者で、次期ファーストレディーのミッシェル・オバマだ。

And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.