The Japanese word for big is
大きい

おおきい - ōkii

big

Japanese Definition

大きい
1. adj. big
2. adj. broad, immense
3. adj. important; crucial
4. adj. Usage: * Correct grammar:
Usage: * あの車は大きい。/ あの車は大きいです。 - That car is big.
5. adj. Usage: * Incorrect grammar:
Usage: * あの車は大きな。/ あの車は大きなです。 - That car is a big __.*
6. adj. Usage: Since

大人
1. n. an adult, a grown-up
大人（へ）の階段をのぼる - to ascend the staircase of (/towards) being an adult: to mature
2. n. an elder of a group or community
3. n. in the late (Muromachi period), the representative of a village or guild
4. n. the head lady-in-waiting
5. n. one's wife
6. n. in the (Edo period), a kind of civil servant working in w, Nagasaki
7. n. the head servant
8. adj. mature; grown-up
大人な感じのお店 - shop that has a mature atmosphere
大人な対応 - mature response to the situation
9. adj. adult; sexual
10. n. (honorific) a lord, a landowner
11. n. (an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own father)
12. n. (an honorific form of reference for the addressee)
13. n. a large person
14. n. a giant
15. n. an adult
16. n. a person of high rank, a ruler or noble
17. n. (an honorific form of reference for a scholar or teacher, or one's own parent)
18. n. a daimyo
19. n. an adult, a grown-up
20. n. (Buddhism) the Buddhas and bodhisattvas

成人
1. n. an adult; a grown-up
成人の平均身長 - average height of adults
成人向けゲーム - video game for adults; pornographic video game
成人済み - literally already an adult minors DNI, lit=already an adult
2. n. Usage: * In Japan, the legal age for adulthood was changed from 20 to 18 on April 1, 2022.
3. v. to reach adulthood; to come of age

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