I Love Kanji盛大 (seidai)
盛大 (せいだい, seidai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “grand; magnificent”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- せいだい
- Romaji
- seidai
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- grand; magnificent; lavish; large scale; prosperous · な-adjective, noun
- forceful; powerful; vigorous · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
盛大な溜息をつきながら、テーブルの上にどさどさとパンを置き、椅子にどっかりと腰掛ける。
Heaving a great sigh I plunk my bread on the table and flump onto the chair.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 盛大
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 盛大だ | せいだいだ seidaida |
| Present (polite) | 盛大です | せいだいです seidaidesu |
| Negative | 盛大じゃない | せいだいじゃない seidaijanai |
| Past | 盛大だった | せいだいだった seidaidatta |
| Negative past | 盛大じゃなかった | せいだいじゃなかった seidaijanakatta |
| Te-form | 盛大で | せいだいで seidaide |
| Before a noun | 盛大な | せいだいな seidaina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 盛大に | せいだいに seidaini |
Kanji in 盛大
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 盛大.
盛んさかんprosperous盛りさかりheight (e.g. of summer)盛るもるto serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.)全盛ぜんせいheight of prosperity目盛めもりgraduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.)繁盛はんじょうprosperity盛り上がるもりあがるto swell盛装せいそうdressing up in fine clothes大勢おおぜいcrowd of people大人おとなadult大学だいがくuniversity大切たいせつimportant大変たいへんvery大きいおおきいbig
Source: JMdict entry 1379820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.