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大い
おおい
1. (大い only) [adj-nari] [arch]
▶ big
▶ large
▶ great
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1231930 大いなる 1. big; large; great
  ⇒ see: 1412880 大いに 1. very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly; a great deal; a lot; to one's heart's content
2. [pref] [arch]
《also written as 正》
▶ greater (of equal court ranks)
▶ upper
▶ senior
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2427730 従【ひろい】 1. lesser (of equal court ranks); lower; junior



History:
5. A 2021-06-04 01:50:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2021-06-04 00:28:53  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr/s
  Comments:
It's also archaic as an adjective. It only survives as 大いなる and 大いに in modern Japanese.
  Diff:
@@ -14,2 +14,2 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<stagk>大い</stagk>
+<pos>&adj-nari;</pos>
@@ -18,2 +18,4 @@
-<gloss>a great deal</gloss>
-<gloss>very much</gloss>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>big</gloss>
+<gloss>large</gloss>
+<gloss>great</gloss>
3. A 2021-06-02 12:06:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I guess so.
2. A* 2021-06-02 02:24:16  dine
  Comments:
put modern sense first?
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14,8 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1231930">大いなる</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1412880">大いに</xref>
+<gloss>a great deal</gloss>
+<gloss>very much</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
@@ -22,8 +29,0 @@
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
-<xref type="see" seq="1231930">大いなる</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1412880">大いに</xref>
-<gloss>a great deal</gloss>
-<gloss>very much</gloss>
-</sense>
1. A 2009-02-17 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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