Definition of 大変 (たいへん)

adverb
1.
very, greatly, terribly, awfully
na-adjective, noun
2.
immense, enormous, great
3.
serious, grave, dreadful, terrible
4.
difficult, hard
noun
5.
major incident, disaster(archaism)
Other readings:
大へん【たいへん】
Related Kanji
large, big
unusual, change, strange
Conjugations
na-adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
大変だ
たいへんだ
taihenda
大変です
たいへんです
taihendesu
大変ではない
たいへんではない
taihendewanai

大変じゃない
たいへんじゃない
taihenjanai
大変ではありません
たいへんではありません
taihendewaarimasen
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
大変だった
たいへんだった
taihendatta
大変でした
たいへんでした
taihendeshita
大変ではなかった
たいへんではなかった
taihendewanakatta
大変ではありませんでした
たいへんではありませんでした
taihendewaarimasendeshita
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
大変かろう
たいへんかろう
taihenkarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
大変だろう
たいへんだろう
taihendarou
te-form
大変で
たいへんで
taihende
Na adjective
大変な
たいへんな
taihenna
Adverb
大変に
たいへんに
taihenni
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
大変であれば
たいへんであれば
taihendeareba

大変なら
たいへんなら
taihennara
大変ではなければ
たいへんではなければ
taihendewanakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 630 results)

It has become very warm

たいへん
大変
さむ
寒く
It has become very cold

たいへん
大変
It was a great help

たいへん
大変
ろう
苦労
I imagine that you went through a lot of difficulties

しつぎょ
失業
あと
かれ
たいへん
大変
ろう
苦労
After losing his job, he went through a very difficult time

Of course I remember the news quite well

なが
長い
たいへん
大変
りゅうこ
流行
Long skirts are very much in fashion

He plays the piano very well

I was very disappointed at the news

Some are expensive, and others are very cheap

She was very beautiful when she was young

くす
たいへん
大変
This medicine will do you a good deal of good

わた
たいへん
大変
いそ
忙しい
I'm very busy today

Your composition is very good, and it has few mistakes

こう
飛行機
たいへん
大変
ひく
低く
The airplane flew very low

The work was very difficult

The problem was very difficult

くる
たいへん
大変
はや
速い
The car is very fast

たいへん
大変
はや
速く
はし
走る
You run very fast

はな
たいへん
大変
うつ
美しい
This flower is very beautiful
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