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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

偉えらい

N2
えらい erai
  1. great
  2. celebrated
  3. eminent
  4. terrible
  5. awful
  6. famous
  7. remarkable
  8. excellent
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

了不起;杰出;地位高

Examples

  • 私わたしはあの人ひとが将しょう来らい偉えらくなると見み取とった。
    I discerned the potential of great things in him.
    我看出那个人将来会有出息。
  • あの偉えらい坊ぼうさんを見みろよ。
    Look at the big shot.
    看那位有名的僧人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6155e8fd84'); // 偉い
{
  "id": "6155e8fd84",
  "word": "偉い",
  "reading": "えらい",
  "romaji": "erai",
  "meanings": [
    "great",
    "celebrated",
    "eminent",
    "terrible",
    "awful",
    "famous",
    "remarkable",
    "excellent"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-i"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1155780,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}はあの{人|ひと}が{将来|しょうらい}{偉|えら}くなると{見取|みと}った。",
      "en": "I discerned the potential of great things in him.",
      "tatoeba_id": 161571
    },
    {
      "ja": "あの偉い坊さんを見ろよ。",
      "furigana": "あの{偉|えら}い{坊|ぼう}さんを{見|み}ろよ。",
      "en": "Look at the big shot.",
      "tatoeba_id": 231217
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "dbf2946638d1e0728e18811792b95d205e8381b9a45f305b28270207c0efbb79",
    "meanings": [
      "了不起",
      "杰出",
      "地位高"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。",
        "zh": "我看出那个人将来会有出息。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "あの偉い坊さんを見ろよ。",
        "zh": "看那位有名的僧人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/6155e8fd84",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1155780; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b4d245a803ab1a54920c98ab9a034feabf9055cc16ba8ad223abadde3a0133a4"
  }
}