大統領【だいとうりょう】
president (of a nation), big man, boss, buddy, mate
最大【さいだい】
biggest, greatest, largest, maximum
大学【だいがく】
university, college, former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators), the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
大会【たいかい】
mass meeting, convention, rally, conference, assembly, gathering, tournament, competition, contest, meet, grand event
大手【おおて】
major company, big company, front castle gate, force attacking the front of a castle
大幅【おおはば】
big, large, drastic, substantial, full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
拡大【かくだい】
expansion, extension, magnification, enlargement, escalation, spread
大蔵省【おおくらしょう】
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001), Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
大切【たいせつ】
important, significant, serious, crucial, precious, valuable, dear, cherished, beloved, careful
大使【たいし】
ambassador
大変【たいへん】
very, greatly, terribly, awfully, immense, enormous, great, serious, grave, dreadful, terrible, difficult, hard, challenging, major incident, disaster
大国【たいこく】
large country, major nation, great power, province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
大使館【たいしかん】
embassy
重大【じゅうだい】
serious, important, significant, grave, weighty
大臣【だいじん】
cabinet minister
大人【おとな】
adult, grown-up
大型【おおがた】
large, large-sized, large-scale, big
大半【たいはん】
majority, more than half, most (of), mostly, largely, mainly, predominately, nearly
大量【たいりょう】
large quantity, massive (quantity), mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
大学院【だいがくいん】
graduate school