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エライ
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
2. very troublesome; awful; terrible
3. tiring; tough
Adverb
Usually written in kana
Kansai-ben
4. very; extremely
Alt. forms
偉えらい
63%
えらい
33%
エライ
2%
豪えらい
Pitch accent
エ
ラ
イ
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Used in: 427
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
big shot; higher-ups
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
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Examples (2 in total)
Once there lived a great king.
He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.