おお
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. big; large; great
2. loud
3. extensive; spacious
4. important; decisive; valuable
5. older; grown up
Kanji used
large
Pitch accent
おき
Top 300
Composed of
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
greater than ...; bigger ...
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
generous; big-hearted
Examples (179 in total)
It's very big.
It's just the right size.
Make it larger.
This is too big for one person to carry.
Is his house big?
Open your mouth wide.
The store was not a big one, was it?
He has a loud voice.
Do you have it one size larger than this?
How big he is!
Turn the volume up.
That tree is big.
Make it a little bigger.
Was the school you went to big?
This fish is big.
Was your high school a large school?
She has large breasts.
America is very large.
I was surprised because it was very big.
The sun is so big.
An eyelid opens wide.
We caught a big one there.
How big is he?
Those apples are big.
These apples are big.
Mary has big eyes.
Jupiter is very large.
I want a bigger house.
This house isn't very big.
Towns are larger than villages.
This room is large enough.
This classroom is very large.
What a big ship that is!
This building is very large.
Their sizes are much the same.
They're all the same size.
Which is larger, the sun or the earth?
That television set is both big and expensive.
Turn up the music!
It's about the size of an egg.
Do you have a larger size?
The lake is large and beautiful.
Great was the sorrow of her parents.
This shirt is a little bit large.
The value of the yen has risen greatly.
I made soup in a big pot.
The cows looked big and docile.
I need a box of this size.
They are more or less the same size.
I want a bigger refrigerator.
Which is larger, Japan or England?
Last night's earthquake was very strong.
The box is big and heavy.
That large bag is mine.
Kyoto is not as large as Osaka.
I made a really big sandwich.
London is large, compared with Paris.
The economy of Japan has grown enormously.
We arranged the books according to size.
The bookstore across from the station is very large.
Tokyo is larger than Yokohama.
Everyone likes big pizzas.
What are the dimensions of the room?
A small car is more economical than a large one.
Which is larger, Tokyo or Kobe?
Asia is much larger than Australia.
Japan is not as large as Canada.
Please, give me the biggest pineapple.
Belgium is not as large as France.
He was big and slow and silent.
King size beds are really big.
The final plan differs greatly from the original one.
If it were me, I'd buy the bigger one.
This book is not as large that one.
Why is your mouth so big?
Why are your ears so big?
That room isn't very large.
This house isn't very large.
This is the biggest car in the world.
Your dog is big and mine is small.
But now things have changed tremendously.
The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.
What a big house you have!
Why is the moon so big tonight?
The earth is much larger than the moon.
The influence of TV on society is great.
He realized the magnitude of his crime.
That television is both big and expensive.
How big is this park?
The impact of science on society is great.
I have a big black dog.
The more danger, the more honor.
So great was her joy that she shed tears.
Please turn up the gas.
The bird was half as large as an eagle.
It's a very big and busy city.
Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan.
I want a box three times as large as this.
The zoo in our city is large and new.
It was a big black American warship.
Computers have changed the industrial picture considerably.
The country is twice the size of England.
The eggs were graded according to weight and size.
Will you exchange this sweater for a larger one?
He turned up the volume on the television.
This box is twice as large as that one.
Your car is three times as big as this one.
That country is five times as large as Japan.
The boxes vary in size from small to large.
What is the second largest country in the world?
It's small enough to fit in a bag, so it's easy to carry.
The taste of wine is largely dependent upon the weather.
Blue whales are the largest animals on earth.
New York State is almost as large as Greece.
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
The space bar is the largest key on the keyboard.
The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
The African elephant has bigger ears than the Asian elephant.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
It's said that Japan's rural landscape has changed greatly.
He has a large desk in his small room.
This box is not as big as that one.
They were standing still with their eyes wide open.
It's bigger than any other dog in this town.
This is the biggest hotel in this city.
Your camera is only half the size of mine.
The influence of this crime on society was great.
Your heart's still beating loud and clear.
Adult cats are the size of human babies.
When we're children, everything around us looks so big.
Turn up the radio. I can't hear it.
The chances are very good that our team will win.
The diameter of the hole was slightly larger.
The building built last year is very big.
This is the first time I've seen such a huge strawberry.
That dog is exactly twice the size of this one.
The size of the elephant astonished the little boy.
This house is about the same size as Peter's.
On the other hand we learned a great deal from the experience.
This ship is too big to pass through the canal.
They graded apples according to their size.
She was wearing a men's shirt which did not fit her.
The economy of Aomori Prefecture depends heavily on apple growing.
It's the third biggest city in Serbia.
Tokyo is by far the largest city in Japan.
I don't think the house is as big as we hoped.
This desk is too big to fit through that door.
This book is too large to go in my pocket.
He owes much of his success to his wife.
This ring is too big to wear on my finger.
So great was his emotion that he could not utter a word.
Great was our delight when we won the game.
This box is so large that it cannot go into my bag.
My brother is big enough to travel alone.
The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
The industry is heavily dependent on government funding.
Our life depends largely on oil imported from other countries.
This carpet is big enough to cover the whole floor.
Venus is similar in size to Earth. Earth is just a little bit bigger.
In the days of the ancient Incas, it was the largest city in America.
After the earthquake, the land value in this area went down a lot.
At this rate, the risk is high that our country's competitive position will drop even further.
This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.
The impending examination loomed large in her mind.
This is the biggest cat that I've ever seen.
Tom and Mary live in the biggest house on the block.
The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.
Though the Incas built up a great civilization, they had no system of writing.
My dog is the bigger of the two.
The town has altered a lot in the last two years.
The earth is about six times as large as the moon.
China is twenty times as large as Japan.
India is the seventh largest country in the world.
Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.
That radio is no bigger than a matchbox.
Hey, Ayako. Please speak up.
The earthquake was very severe, with a magnitude of 5.2.
Tokyo, which is the largest city in Japan, is awake 24 hours.
The soul of man is larger than the sky and deeper than the ocean.