N5

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大変たいへん

taihen

very; terrible, awful; alone: "that's tough" (sympathy)

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Example sentence

彼女は大変忙しい。

She is very busy.

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Kanji in 大変

unusual, change, strange

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
大丈夫	N5	だいじょうぶ	だいじょうぶIt's ok (all right); No need to worry; Everything is under control
大きな	N5	おおきな	おおきなbig, large (pre-noun adjectival)
大学	N5	だいがく	だいがくcollege; university
大切	N5	たいせつ	たいせつimportant
大きい	N5	おおきい	おおきいbig, large
大人	N5	おとな	おとなadult
大好き	N5	だいすき	だいすきto love, to like very much
大勢	N5	おおぜい	おおぜいgreat number of people

More Adverbs & Degree Words words

Word	Reading	Meaning
沢山	たくさん	たくさんmany, much
段々	だんだん	だんだんgradually, by degrees
ちょっと	ちょっと	ちょっとa little, somewhat; just a little, somewhat
一緒	いっしょ	いっしょtogether
少し	すこし	すこしlittle, few
とても	とても	とてもvery (much), greatly, exceedingly
全部	ぜんぶ	ぜんぶall, entire, whole
結構	けっこう	けっこうsplendid; enough, tolerably

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