大事

Meanings

1. important; serious; crucial
2. valuable; precious
3. serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
4. great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
5. safe; OK

Part of speech: na-adjective, noun

Kanji

• 大

  Meanings

  large, big

  On reading

  ダイ、タイ

  Kun reading

  おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに

  Strokes

  3

• 事

  Meanings

  matter, thing, fact, business

  On reading

  ジ、ズ

  Kun reading

  こと、つか.う、つか.える

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• あなたの親切な言葉は大事に心に刻みつけておきます。

  I'll treasure your kind words.

  Tatoeba #233161 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は私たちにとって大事な人だ。

  He is precious to us.

  Tatoeba #106339 · CC BY 2.0 FR