JLPT N1 · な-adjective

大柄 (oogara)

大柄 (おおがら, oogara) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “large build”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
おおがら
Romaji
oogara
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. large build · な-adjective, noun
  2. large pattern · noun taking の, noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

ある研究によれば、大柄な女性は双子を生む傾向がより強い。
According to a study, big women are more prone to have twins.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 大柄

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)大柄だおおがらだ oogarada
Present (polite)大柄ですおおがらです oogaradesu
Negative大柄じゃないおおがらじゃない oogarajanai
Past大柄だったおおがらだった oogaradatta
Negative past大柄じゃなかったおおがらじゃなかった oogarajanakatta
Te-form大柄でおおがらで oogarade
Before a noun大柄なおおがらな oogarana
Adverb (~ni)大柄におおがらに oogarani

Kanji in 大柄

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大柄.

Source: JMdict entry 1414980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.