Frequency rank: 932.
- important; serious; crucial
- valuable; precious
- serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisissee also 大事【おおごと】
- great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
- safe; OKTochigi dialectsee also だいじょうぶ
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- important; serious; crucial
- valuable; precious
- serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
- great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
- safe; OK
This meaning refers to something that holds significant importance or seriousness in a particular context.
Keeping time is crucial.
This usage conveys the idea of something being highly valued, often due to its rarity or significance.
This meaning is used in contexts where the subject at hand is serious or requires immediate attention due to its critical nature.
This usage refers to significant endeavors or projects that require considerable effort or commitment.
He is involved in a significant enterprise.
This meaning suggests a sense of assurance, indicating that something is secure or acceptable.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Example sentences
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It's the prevention of migraines during daily life that's important, not dealing with migraines when they occur.
Tomorrow, I've got an important mission first thing in the morning. I shouldn't be wasting my time with this.
6. わたくし私はむすりむムスリムではないのでだんじき断食をまもる守るぎむ義務はないのだが、おなじ同じあぱあとアパートでくらす暮らすいじょう以上、そうしたかんしゅう慣習にはいりょ配慮することはだいじ大事なことだ。
I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.
At any rate, that it had ended without serious incident was a small mercy.
Down there hurts, down there. Er, what do you call them? Testicles? In any case a male's 'important parts'.
You're pretty calm cool and collected for somebody who has a major presentation tomorrow.
It is not what a man has but what he is that is really important.
She cherishes the precious memories of her childhood.