偉い
Meanings
I-adjective
1. great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary
2. distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous
3. awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe (Usually kana)
4. tiring; tough; hard (Usually kana)
Adverb
5. very; extremely (Usually kana)
Other spellings
えらい
Kanji used
Pitch accent
えらい
Used in vocabulary
Examples13
あの
Look at the big shot.
妻
My wife had a hard time getting into the swing of our new life in America.
私
I discerned the potential of great things in him.
自分
He thinks himself to be somebody.
ジョン
John was another great player.
彼
He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.