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大変(たいへん)— hard; difficult; very


Work was hard.


hard; difficult; very

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In detail

Words

shigotowork
wa(topic marker)
taihenhard
deshita(polite past sentence ending)

Kanji

big
change; strange

is a -adjective meaning hard, difficult, or serious. It can also act as an adverb meaning “very.” The sentence tells you which use applies.

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