How to say “big” or “large” in Japanese | 大きい (おおきい、ōkī) | い-Adjective

The Japanese vocabulary「大きい (おおきい、ōkī)」means “big” or “large” and is an い-adjective. We will teach you the conjugation and the example sentences on this page.

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Dictionary & Plain Form, Polite Form

Key Word大きい大きいです
Hiraganaおおきいおおきいです
Romaji Readingōkīōkī desu
English Meaningbig, large
(Dictionary & Plain Form)		big, large
(Polite Form)

This house is big.

この家いえは大きい。(Plain Form)
この家は大きいです。(Polite Form)

ない Form (Negative & Plain Form)

Key Word大きくない
Hiraganaおおきくない
Romaji Readingōkiku nai
English Meaningnot big/large
(Plain Form)

This house is not big.

この家いえは大きくない。(Plain Form)

Negative & Polite Form

Key Word大きくないです大きくありません
Hiraganaおおきくないですおおきくありません
Romaji Readingōkiku nai desuōkiku  arimasen
English Meaningnot big/large
(Polite Form)		not big/large
(Polite Form)

This house is not big.

この家いえは大きくないです。(Polite Form)
この家は大きくありません。(Polite Form)

Past Tense & Positive

Key Word大きかった大きかったです
Hiraganaおおきかったおおきかったです
Romaji Readingōkikattaōkikatta desu
English Meaningwas big/large
(Plain Form)		was big/large
(Polite Form)

That news had a big influence.

そのニュースの影響えいきょうは大きかった。(Plain Form)
そのニュースの影響は大きかったです。(Polite Form)

Past Tense & Negative

Key Word大きくなかった
Hiraganaおおきくなかった
Romaji Readingōkiku nakatta
English Meaningwas not  big/large
(Plain Form)
大きくなかったです大きくありませんでした
おおくなかったですおおきくありませんでした
ōkiku nakatta desuōkiku arimasen deshita
was not  big/large
(Polite Form)		was not  big/large
(Polite Form)

That news did not have a big influence.

そのニュースの影響えいきょうは大きくなかった。(Plain Form)
そのニュースの影響は大きくなかったです。(Polite Form)
そのニュースの影響は大きくありませんでした。(Polite Form)

て Form

Key Word大きくて
Hiraganaおおきくて
Romaji Readingōkikute
English MeaningN/A

We cannot know the exact meaning without knowing the sentence.

This car is big and fast.

この車くるまは大きくて速はやいです。(Polite Form)

Conditional Form & Positive

Key Word大きければ
Hiraganaおおきければ
Romaji Readingōki kereba
English Meaningif ~ is big/large

If the car is big, you will need a big garage.

もし車くるまが大きければ、大きい車庫しゃこが必要ひつようになるでしょう。(Polite Form)

Conditional Form & Positive

Key Word大きくなければ
Hiraganaおおきくなければ
Romaji Readingōkiku nakereba
English Meaningif ~ is not big/large

If the bread were not big, it would fit in this bag.

パンが大きくなければ、この袋ふくろに収おさまるでしょう。(Polite Form)

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