大(おお)きな

おおきな

pre-noun adjectival

big, large

size

1. big, large

Of considerable size; prenominal adjective form.

大(おお)きな木(き)

A big tree.

大(おお)きな声(こえ)で話(はな)す。

To speak in a loud voice.

大(おお)きな問題(もんだい)がある。

There is a big problem.

大(おお)きな犬(いぬ)が走(はし)ってきた。

A big dog came running.

庭(にわ)に大(おお)きな木(き)があって、夏(なつ)は涼(すず)しい。

There's a big tree in the garden, so it's cool in summer.

大(おお)きな is a pre-noun adjectival (連体詞(れんたいし)): it only appears directly before a noun and has no other forms. It is not a na-adjective (there is no × 大(おお)きだ).

Similar words

大(おお)きい: the i-adjective. It can modify a noun (大(おお)きい家(いえ)) and also end a sentence (家(いえ)が大(おお)きい), and it conjugates (大(おお)きかった). Before a noun either is usually fine; 大(おお)きな is especially common with abstract nouns (大(おお)きな問題(もんだい), 大(おお)きな夢(ゆめ), 大(おお)きな声(こえ)).
The same pairing exists in 小(ちい)さな / 小(ちい)さい and おかしな / おかしい.

Related Words

Compare: 大(おお)きい (big (i-adjective form))

Antonym: 小(ちい)さな (small)

Compare: 小(ちい)さい (small)

Compare: おかしい (strange)

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Added 2026.1.11 18:19 · Revised 2026.9.28 2:11

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