えらい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of えらい – see the following entry.

【偉い】 [adjective] (morally) noble, honorable, admirable, great [adjective] (of status) noble, superior [adjective] (informal) serious, terrible [adjective] (informal) terribly, very [adjective] (dialectal, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku) tired, hard Alternative spellings 豪い, エライ, エラい

(This term, えらい (erai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)