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重大

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

重大 — “serious, grave, important”

重大 (read じゅうだい) means serious, grave, important. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a adjective.

Reading

じゅうだい

Meaning

serious, grave, important

重大 in a sentence

重大じゅうだいな決定けっていをする。

I make an important decision.

The kanji in 重大

重heavy; important
大big

Words that share a kanji with 重大

重いおもい— heavy; serious
重要じゅうよう— important, essential
貴重きちょう— precious, valuable
慎重しんちょう— careful, cautious, prudent
重視じゅうし— importance, emphasis, valuing
尊重そんちょう— respect, esteem, valuing
重力じゅうりょく— gravity, gravitational force
重なるかさなる— to be piled up, to overlap, to coincide

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