Japanese

ばくだい
Meaning: enormous; vast; immense
Part of Speech: Adjectival noun

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Handwriting

莫
大

Example sentences

That project requires a vast amount of money.
彼は莫大な資産を保有している。
He possesses vast assets.
彼はゼロから莫大な財産を築き上げた
He built up a huge fortune from nothing.
子女の教育には莫大な費用がかかる。
Educating children costs a vast amount of money.
その新製品は、会社に莫大な利潤をもたらした。
The new product brought huge profits to the company.
彼は莫大な遺産相続をめぐって親族と争った。
He fought with his relatives over a huge inheritance.
彼は莫大な遺産の相続権を放棄した。
He renounced his inheritance rights to the vast estate.
王宮の蔵には莫大な帑幣が蓄えられている。
Vast amounts of treasury funds are stored in the palace warehouse.
些細な過失が舐糠及米となり、会社に莫大な損失をもたらした。
A trivial oversight led to cumulative damage, resulting in enormous losses for the company.

Usage Notes

Used for quantities or degrees that are extremely large, such as assets, losses, or costs.

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