大変たいへん

taihen

Adverb

1. very; greatly; terribly; awfully

１いち日にち中じゅう歩あるき回まわって大変たいへん疲つかれた。

ichinichichū arukimawatte taihen tsukareta.

I am dead tired from walking around all day.

Noun

na-Adjective

2. immense; enormous; great

あえて言いういますが、もし我々われわれがそんなことをすれば大変たいへんな誤あやまりを犯おかすことになると私わたくしは思おもいます。

aete iimasuga moshi warewarega sonna kotō sureba taihenna ayamario okasu kotoni naruto watashiwa omoimasu

At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake.

Noun

na-Adjective

3. serious; grave; dreadful; terrible

もし期限きげん切きれになったら、大変たいへんなことになるよ。

moshi kigengireni nattara taihenna kotoni naruyo.

There will be hell to pay if I don't make this deadline.

Noun

na-Adjective

4. difficult; hard; challenging

Noun

5. major incident; disaster

Archaic

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Example Sentences

１いち日にち中じゅう歩あるき回まわって大変たいへん疲つかれた。

ichinichichū arukimawatte taihen tsukareta.

I am dead tired from walking around all day.

あえて言いういますが、もし我々われわれがそんなことをすれば大変たいへんな誤あやまりを犯おかすことになると私わたくしは思おもいます。

aete iimasuga moshi warewarega sonna kotō sureba taihenna ayamario okasu kotoni naruto watashiwa omoimasu

At the risk of sticking my neck out, I think that if we do that, we're making a big, big mistake.

もし期限きげん切きれになったら、大変たいへんなことになるよ。

moshi kigengireni nattara taihenna kotoni naruyo.

There will be hell to pay if I don't make this deadline.

Characters

Written Form

大 kanji, 3 strokes large
変 kanji, 9 strokes unusual

Reading

た hiragana, 4 strokes
ta
い hiragana, 2 strokes
i
へ hiragana, 1 strokes
he
ん hiragana, 1 strokes
n

Other Forms

大 kanji, 3 strokes large
へ hiragana, 1 strokes
he
ん hiragana, 1 strokes
n

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た hiragana, 4 strokes
ta
い hiragana, 2 strokes
i
へ hiragana, 1 strokes
he
ん hiragana, 1 strokes
n

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19 Variants Available

Essential 7 items

大変たいへんじゃない

taihenjanai

The negative form

1. Not difficult; Not serious

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大変たいへんじゃなかった

taihenjanakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't difficult; Wasn't terrible

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Noun

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大変たいへんだ

taihenda

The plain form used to end a sentence

1. It's tough.; It's hard.

★ Common

Adjective

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大変たいへんだった

taihendatta

The past form

1. Was difficult; Was terrible

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Adjective

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大変たいへんで

taihende

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. Very difficult; Troublesome

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Adjective

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大変たいへんな

taihenna

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Terrible; Awful

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Adjective

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大変たいへんに

taihenni

Adverbial form: modifies a verb/adjective

1. Very; Greatly

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Adjective

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大変たいへんじゃありません

taihenjārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It's not a big deal.; It's no trouble.

敬

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Noun

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大変たいへんじゃありませんでした

taihenjārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't difficult.; It wasn't troubling.

敬

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Noun

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大変たいへんじゃないです

taihenjanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. It's not difficult.; It's not a big deal.

敬

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Noun

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大変たいへんじゃなかったです

taihenjanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't difficult.; It wasn't troubling.

敬

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Noun

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大変たいへんでした

taihendeshita

The polite past form

1. It was difficult.; It was rough.

敬

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Adjective

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大変たいへんです

taihendesu

The polite form

1. Very well.; I am fine.

敬

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Adjective

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大変たいへんではありません

taihendewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. Not at all.; It's nothing.

敬

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Noun

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大変たいへんではありませんでした

taihendewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not difficult.; Wasn't very hard.

敬

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Noun

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大変たいへんだったら

taihendattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it's difficult; If it's tough

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大変たいへんだろう

taihendarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably difficult.; Probably tough.

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大変たいへんであれば

taihendeareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it is difficult; If it were difficult

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大変たいへんなら

taihennara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If difficult; When difficult

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Adjective

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