大変(たいへん)— hard; difficult; very
仕事 は 大変 でした。
Work was hard.
大変たいへん
hard; difficult; very
たいへん
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Words
仕事shigotowork
はwa(topic marker)
大変taihenhard
でしたdeshita(polite past sentence ending)
Kanji
大ダイ・ タイ・ おお(きい)big
変ヘン・ か(わる)change; strange
大変 is a な-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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