JLPT N3 · Bad qualities

大げさ

おおげさ

exaggerated

Stroke order of 大げさ

3 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokesげ · 5 strokes さ · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Something big (大) blown even bigger is exaggerated.

Parts: 大 big + げさ

The characters in 大げさ

げげ — ge (5 strokes)
ささ — sa (3 strokes)

Example sentence

彼の話は大げさだ。

かれのはなしはおおげさだ。

His story is exaggerated.

Words with 大

大きいbig 大人adult 大学生university student 大学university 大事important 大好きloved; very fond of 大嫌いhated 大丈夫all right; OK 大変tough; very 大使館embassy 大雨heavy rain 大雪heavy snow 大勢many people; crowd 大学院graduate school 大地the earth; ground 大家landlord 大陸continent 大根daikon radish

More words: Bad qualities

愚かfoolish 馬鹿fool; stupid 下品vulgar 乱暴violent; rough 意地悪mean; nasty 傲慢arrogant 不器用clumsy 欲張りgreedy 自慢boasting; pride 威張るto act important; to boast 図々しいshameless; pushy 消極的passive 怠け者lazy person 無責任irresponsible 無神経insensitive

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