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大きな (おおきな) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大おおきな

お

お

き

な

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

1

pre-noun adjectival

big; large; great

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) meaning 'big' or 'large'. Used only before nouns; cannot be used as a predicate. Compare with 大きい (predicative adjective).

See also: 小さな

大おおきな犬いぬが庭にわにいる。
There is a big dog in the garden.

彼かれ

は

大おお

きな

声こえ

で

話はな

し

た

。

He spoke in a loud voice.

大おおきな変へん化かはなかった。

There was no big change.

Written forms

大おおきなUsage99%
Standard pre-noun adjectival form; always followed by a noun.
おおきなUsage1%

Kanji

大large, big

Similar words

大おおきい
大きい is an i-adjective that can be used both attributively and predicatively (e.g., 犬が大きい). 大きな is a pre-noun adjectival used only before nouns, often with a slightly more subjective or emotive nuance.
小ちいさな
小さな is the corresponding pre-noun adjectival for 'small', with the same grammatical restriction as 大きな.

Etymology

Derived from the classical attributive form of the adjective 大きし (おおきし). The modern form 大きな is a fossilized remnant of this attributive usage, now functioning as a rentaishi.