大事 (Daiji) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “important, serious, crucial, valuable”.
Meanings
- na-adjectiveimportant; serious; crucial
- na-adjectivevaluable; precious
- nounserious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
- noungreat undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
- na-adjectivesafe; OKTochigi dialect
Examples
勉強も遊びも大事だ。
Both work and play are important.
辛抱こそ大事なんだ。
It's patience that counts.
明確さが一番大事です。
Clarity comes first.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).