大変

Kana: たいへん

hard; tough

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 ✨ Describing Words

Example sentence

毎日の仕事は大変です。

まいにちのしごとはたいへんです。

The daily work is tough.

What 大変 means

大変 (たいへん) is a Japanese word meaning “hard; tough”. It appears in the Level 2 collection, under Describing Words.

More Describing Words words

Level 2
嬉しい うれしい happy; glad すぎる すぎる too; excessively 正しい ただしい correct; right 間違い まちがい wrong; mistake 背が低い せがひくい short (in height) お腹いっぱい おなかいっぱい full (from eating) お腹がすく おなかがすく hungry 合う あう suitable; to fit 壊れる こわれる to break; broken 急ぐ いそぐ to hurry; urgent 簡単 かんたん simple 足りない たりない lacking; not enough
Previous word 硬い — hard; stiff

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