JLPT N4 vocabulary
大事: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
だいじ1Atamadaka · high start nounalso 3 noun 0 na-adjective
na-adjective
Meaning
- important, serious, crucial
- valuable, precious
- (noun) serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis
- (noun) great undertaking, great enterprise, great thing
- safe, OK (Tochigi dialect)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 大事 | 大事 |
| Plain past過去形 | 大事 | 大事 |
| Polite presentです形 | 大事 | 大事 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 大事 | 大事 |
| Te-formて形 | 大事 | 大事 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 大事 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 大事 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 大事 | 大事 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 大事 | 大事 |
Example sentences
仕事はやりがいが大事だと思います。
I think what matters in a job is that it feels worthwhile.
片付けは苦手。それに全部大事な物なの。
I'm not good at tidying up. Besides, these are all important things.
人と話している限り、相手の表情にも目を向けることが大事です。
As long as you're talking with someone, it's important to pay attention to their expression too.