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大王
大王
Chinese
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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king; Wang (proper name) | ||
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simp. and trad. (大王) |
大 | 王 | |
Noun
大王
- (historical) monarch
- (historical, novel) ringleader
- (figuratively) king (of)
Japanese
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| 大 | 王 |
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だい Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: 1 |
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Etymology
大 (dai, “great”) + 王 (ō, “king”), from Chinese 大王
Pronunciation
Noun
大王 (hiragana だいおう, romaji daiō, historical hiragana だいわう)
- (monarchy) a "great king" (used in titles of some monarchs, and also as a translation of English "the Great")
- 2001 March 10, Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟 [Owl of Minerva]”, in Q.E.D. 証明終了 [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 9th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-333656-X, page 102:
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クラブのＫはマケドニアのアレクサンダー大王
- Kurabu no kingu wa Makedonia no Arekusandā Daiō
- The king of clubs is Alexander the Great of Macedonia
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クラブのＫはマケドニアのアレクサンダー大王
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References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.