Word Meaning 偉い

えらい erai

偉い is read as えらい (erai) and means tiring.

Meaning

English

  1. tiring
  2. tough
  3. very
  4. extremely
  5. very troublesome
  6. awful
  7. terrible
  8. great

Reading

Kana

えらい

Romaji

erai

Writing Variants

  • 豪い えらい erai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 8137 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

偉大

いだい

great

偉人

いじん

great person

偉業

いぎょう

great achievement

greatness

Example Sentences

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かれはほんとうにえらいひとだ。

He is truly a great person.

ちいさなしんせつでもえらいことだよ。

Even a small act of kindness is admirable.

かのじょはわかいのにえらいね。

She is impressive for someone so young.

かれはまちでえらいいしゃとしてしられている。

He is known as a famous doctor in town.

このせんしゅはほんとうにえらいせいせきをのこした。

This athlete achieved truly remarkable results.

まいにちやすまずはたらくなんてえらい。

It's admirable to work every day without taking a break.

It's so admirable how you keep fighting, even when you've been knocked down over and over again.

"Don't you think that people from English-speaking countries earn an unreasonable amount from the English language industry? Since I'm Japanese, I'd like to use materials exclusively made by Japanese people." "But you know, you can't really tell if the English is good or not unless it's been checked by a native speaker." "What do you mean by good English!? English used by native speakers? Are natives really that great, anyway?"