偉い
N2えらい erai
- great
- celebrated
- eminent
- terrible
- awful
- famous
- remarkable
- excellent
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
了不起;杰出;地位高
Examples
- 私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。I discerned the potential of great things in him.我看出那个人将来会有出息。
- あの偉い坊さんを見ろよ。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"
}
}