JLPT N1 · な-adjective

壮大 (soudai)

壮大 (そうだい, soudai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “magnificent; grand”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: そうだい
Romaji: soudai
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

壮大な眺めですね。

It's a magnificent view, isn't it?

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

Conjugation of 壮大

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	壮大だ	そうだいだ soudaida
Present (polite)	壮大です	そうだいです soudaidesu
Negative	壮大じゃない	そうだいじゃない soudaijanai
Past	壮大だった	そうだいだった soudaidatta
Negative past	壮大じゃなかった	そうだいじゃなかった soudaijanakatta
Te-form	壮大で	そうだいで soudaide
Before a noun	壮大な	そうだいな soudaina
Adverb (~ni)	壮大に	そうだいに soudaini

Kanji in 壮大

壮

robust, manhood, prosperityソウ・さかん · 6 strokes

大

large, bigダイ・タイ・おお-・おお.きい · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 壮大.

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大きなおおきなbig大使館たいしかんembassy大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe大好きだいすきliking very much大抵たいていmostly大事だいじimportant大体だいたいgenerally大分だいぶconsiderably

Source: JMdict entry 1399430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.