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6 大文字 Uppercase Letters

Alternative Meanings

Capital Letters, Uppercase

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

おおもじ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

さいしょの字は、大文字でかいてください。

Please capitalize the first letter.

タイトルを大文字でかき直してください。

Please rewrite the title in uppercase letters.

何故だかわからないけど、小文字より大文字の方が好きです。

For some reason I like uppercase more than lowercase.

Meaning Explanation

You have big writing letters. What do you think these are? THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE UPPERCASE LETTERS, RIGHT? Whoops, sorry, caps lock was on for a moment, there.

Reading Explanation

The readings for the kanji in this word are a bit strange. The 大 portion is actually read using the kun'yomi, the same reading as you learned with 大きい (おおきい). Everything else is just on'yomi. So, you'll need to remember the one exception with 大. If you do, you should be okay.

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