Emaki · all 1,500 words

大事

だいじ

important, precious

Mnemonic

Big, with the same coat 事 carrying a matter about inside it. Not the ring and not the house — the one photograph. I would die だい, Jean じ: だいじ.

Worth knowing

大事にする is to treasure a thing. 大切 たいせつ is the near twin, and either does most of the time.

Built from

big
A person stood with both arms flung wide.
thing, matter
A hand gripping a banner, an affair being conducted, not an object.

Words sharing these kanji

love big, large big, large alright, OK terrible, serious, grave important, valuable huge, gigantic adult large quantity, great volume mostly biggest, largest very, greatly

This is one of 1,500 words in Emaki, a free spaced repetition trainer with a written mnemonic on every card.

Study 大事 in Emaki

Free, no account needed. Your progress stays in your browser.

Emaki is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Kaishi 1.5k or its authors. The word, reading and meaning come from the Kaishi 1.5k deck, used with their permission. The mnemonic, the note and the kanji breakdown are original work, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.