大統領【だいとうりょう】
president (of a nation), big man, boss, buddy, mate
最大【さいだい】
biggest, greatest, largest, maximum
大手【おおて】
major company, big company, front castle gate, force attacking the front of a castle
大幅【おおはば】
big, large, drastic, substantial, full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
大蔵省【おおくらしょう】
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001), Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
拡大【かくだい】
expansion, extension, magnification, enlargement, escalation, spread
大会【たいかい】
mass meeting, convention, rally, conference, assembly, gathering, tournament, competition, contest, meet, grand event
大学【だいがく】
university, college, former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators), the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
大使【たいし】
ambassador
大変【たいへん】
very, greatly, terribly, awfully, immense, enormous, great, serious, grave, dreadful, terrible, difficult, hard, challenging, major incident, disaster
大国【たいこく】
large country, major nation, great power, province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
大切【たいせつ】
important, significant, serious, crucial, precious, valuable, dear, cherished, beloved, careful
大臣【だいじん】
cabinet minister
大型【おおがた】
large, large-sized, large-scale, big
大量【たいりょう】
large quantity, massive (quantity), mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
重大【じゅうだい】
serious, important, significant, grave, weighty
大半【たいはん】
majority, more than half, most (of), mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly
大人【おとな】
adult, grown-up
大使館【たいしかん】
embassy
大戦【たいせん】
great war, great battle, world war