偉い

Meaning

1. adj-i
   great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary
2. adj-i
   distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous
3. adj-i
   awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe
4. adj-i
   tiring; tough; hard
5. adv
   very; extremely

Example sentences

• 彼は自分では偉いつもりでいるが、実際はとるに足らぬ人だ。

  He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.

• 彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。

  His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.

• 彼は偉い学者で、さらによいことには、良い先生だ。

  He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.