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過大

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
だい
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon

Etymology

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/kwadai//kadai/

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese compound  / (kwaH dajH, literally excessive + big). Compare modern Cantonese 大過大过 (daai6 gwo3, “serious mistake; be going too far”).

First cited to a text from the 1830s–1840s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(だい) (kadaiくわだい (kwadai)?-na (adnominal ()(だい) (kadai na), adverbial ()(だい) (kadai ni))

  1. [from circa 1840s] excessive, too much
    過大(かだい)期待(きたい)によって株価(かぶか)上昇(じょうしょう)した。
    Kadai na kitai ni yotte kabuka ga jōshō shita.
    Share prices rose on excessive expectations.
    過大(かだい)心配(しんぱい)すると病気(びょうき)になるよ。
    Kadai ni shinpai suru to byōki ni naru yo.
    If you worry too much, you'll get sick.

Inflection

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Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN