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uppercase letter; capital letter
The larger form of a letter in alphabets that distinguish between two cases, such as A, B, C in the Latin alphabet. Contrasted with 小文字 (lowercase).
大文字で書いてください。
Please write in uppercase.
パスワードには大文字と小文字を混ぜてください。
Please mix uppercase and lowercase letters in your password.
英語では文の最初の文字を大文字にするのがルールだ。
In English, the rule is to capitalize the first letter of a sentence.
USAGE:
A compound of 大 (large) + 文字 (character, letter). Primarily used when discussing the Latin alphabet or other writing systems with case distinctions.
NOTE:
The reading おおもじ means uppercase letter. The same kanji can also be read だいもんじ, which refers to the famous Daimonji bonfire on a mountainside in Kyoto during the Obon festival.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 大文字と小文字 (uppercase and lowercase)
- 大文字に変換する (to convert to uppercase)
- 大文字小文字を区別する (to distinguish between upper and lower case)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 小文字: lowercase letter — the smaller form of a letter