おおもの

Japanese

Alternative spellings
大物 大者

Etymology

From 大(おお) (ō, “big; large”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing; object”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおもの [òómónó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmo̞no̞]

Noun

おおもの • (ōmono) ^{←おほもの (ofomono)?}

1. 大物: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. 大物, 大者: (by extension) important figure
   • 2020 December 3, “香港紙創業者の黎智英氏、詐欺罪で起訴　保釈認められず”, in Reuters [Reuters, Reuters]‎:

     香(ホン)港(コン)当(とう)局(きょく)は大(おお)物(もの)民(みん)主(しゅ)活(かつ)動(どう)家(か)への締(し)め付(づ)けを強(つよ)めている。

     Honkon tōkyoku wa ōmono minshu katsudō-ka e no shimezuke o tsuyometeiru.

     Hong Kong authorities are strengthening their crackdown on major pro-democracy figures.

Coordinate terms

• 小(こ)物(もの) (komono)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN