| 大きな | おおきな | big, large, great |
| 拡大 | かくだい | magnification, enlargement, expansion |
| 最大 | さいだい | greatest, largest, maximum |
| 大いに | おおいに | very, much, greatly, a lot of |
| 大会 | たいかい | convention, tournament, mass meeting, rally |
| 大学 | だいがく | post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; the Great Learning - one of the Four Books |
| 大手 | おおて, おおで | front castle gate; both arms open, outstretched arms; major companies |
| 大蔵省 | おおくらしょう | (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000) |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう | president, chief executive |
| 大幅 | おおはば | full width, large scale, drastic |
