偉い (えらい): great, celebrated, remarkable, — Japanese vocabulary
偉い is read えらい and means "great, celebrated, remarkable,". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
偉い
- Reading
- えらい · erai
- Translation
- great, celebrated, remarkable,
- Level
- JLPT N2
- Pitch accent
- えらいが
Example
私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。
わたしはあのひとがしょうらいえらくなるとみとった。
I discerned the potential of great things in him.
Kanji in this word
- 偉 — great, admirable
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