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Search Terms: 偉い*

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adjective
1.
great, excellent, admirable, remarkable, distinguished, important, celebrated, famous, eminent
2.
very troublesome, awful, terrible(usually kana)
3.
tiring, tough(usually kana)
adverb
4.
very, extremely(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
豪い【えらい】

expression, interjection
what are we going to do?, uh-oh, oh crap, what a mess, oh brother(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))

noun
big shot, higher-ups(colloquialism)
Other readings:
エライさん

expression, noun
celebrated personage, big-wig, person in a high position
Other readings:
えらい人【えらいひと】

expression, Godan-u verb
to have a terrible time, to have a hard time
Other readings:
えらい目に遭う【えらいめにあう】
偉い目にあう【えらいめにあう】
偉い目に遭う【えらいめにあう】
えらい目に会う【えらいめにあう】[1]
偉い目に会う【えらいめにあう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

Sentence results (showing 1-10 of 15 results)


むか
ひと
1人
えら
偉い
おうさま
王様
Once there lived a great king

ぶん
自分
えら
偉い
もの
He thinks himself to be somebody

My wife had a hard time getting into the swing of our new life in America

かれ
えら
偉い
がくしゃ
学者
せんせい
先生
He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher

I admire you for keeping your head

ジョン
せんしゅ
選手
John was another great player

Look at the big shot

He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody

かいしゃ
会社
えら
偉い
かた
肩書き
せんどう
船頭
おお
多くて
ふね
すす
進まず
Everybody in that company is either a vice-president or a senior vice-president; they're all chiefs and no Indians

You've done it
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