jmdict 1155780 Active (id#2295408)
偉い [ichi1,news2,nf36] ； 豪い [rK]
【 えらい [ichi1,news2,nf36] ； エライ [sk] ； エラい [sk] 】
  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] [uk]
    • awful
    • terrible
    • serious
    • tremendous
    • great
    • mighty
    • severe
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2837739 偉く【えらく】 1. awfully; terribly; tremendously; exceedingly; extremely
  4. [adj-i] [uk]
    • tiring
    • tough
    • hard
  5. [adv] [uk] Dialect: ksb
    • very
    • extremely
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2024-03-22 21:27:32 Jim Breen (id#2295408)
    • A* 2024-03-22 20:23:03 Robin Scott (id#2295389)
    • Comments
      Splitting sense 1.
I'll reindex the sentences if this is approved.
    • Refs
      gg5, prog, luminous, daij, meikyo
偉い	1,422,271	35.4%	
豪い	4,049	        0.1%	
エライ	591,726	        14.7%	
エラい	166,778	        4.1%	
えらい	1,835,608	45.7%
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -21 +22 @@
-<re_nokanji/>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -25 +26 @@
-<re_nokanji/>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -32 +33,9 @@
-<gloss>remarkable</gloss>
+<gloss>commendable</gloss>
+<gloss>laudable</gloss>
+<gloss>honorable</gloss>
+<gloss>wonderful</gloss>
+<gloss>outstanding</gloss>
+<gloss>extraordinary</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -35 +44,3 @@
-<gloss>celebrated</gloss>
+<gloss>high-ranking</gloss>
+<gloss>powerful</gloss>
+<gloss>eminent</gloss>
@@ -37 +47,0 @@
-<gloss>eminent</gloss>
@@ -42 +51,0 @@
-<gloss>very troublesome</gloss>
@@ -44,0 +54,5 @@
+<gloss>serious</gloss>
+<gloss>tremendous</gloss>
+<gloss>great</gloss>
+<gloss>mighty</gloss>
+<gloss>severe</gloss>
@@ -50,0 +65 @@
+<gloss>hard</gloss>
    • A 2021-05-26 05:18:57 Jim Breen
    • A* 2021-05-26 05:12:48 Opencooper
    • Refs
      G n-grams:

偉い	1422271
豪い	4049
えらい	1835608
エライ	591726
エラい	166778
    • Diff
      @@ -17,0 +18,8 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>エライ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>エラい</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
    • A 2018-06-27 23:14:54 Jim Breen
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