大変

Meaning

1. adv
   very; greatly; terribly; awfully
2. adj-nan
   immense; enormous; great
3. adj-nan
   serious; grave; dreadful; terrible
4. adj-nan
   difficult; hard; challenging
5. n archaic
   major incident; disaster

Example sentences

• 雨くらいで電話が混線してたら日本なんて大変ですよね。

  If rain was enough to get phone-lines crossed then Japan would be in a right mess, wouldn't it?

• 好奇心がお旺盛なのは大変に結構なことである。

  A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.

• この表現は日本語にはない英語の比喩表現として、私は大変気に入っています。

  This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.