莫大な（ばくだいな、bakudaina）
- enormous

The Japanese word 莫大な (ばくだいな) means "enormous," "vast," "huge," or "immense." It describes something that is very large in size, amount, or scope. It implies a significant degree of largeness, often to the point of being overwhelming or difficult to manage. The word carries a sense of magnitude and scale. 莫大な can be used to describe both concrete and abstract things.

⚫︎莫大な富を持っている。 Translation: He/She has an enormous fortune. ⚫︎莫大な数の人が集まった。 Translation: A huge number of people gathered. ⚫︎莫大な問題に直面している。 Translation: They are facing a vast problem.

This word is used to emphasize the largeness or scale of something. ⚫︎ It is often used in formal or semi-formal situations. ⚫︎ Use it when you want to highlight the significant size or extent of something. ⚫︎ It can be used to describe physical size, quantity, or even the scope of an issue or problem. ⚫︎ When you want to emphasize something is significant and considerable.

⚫︎ The word is typically written with the kanji 莫, and 大 and hiragana な. The hiragana reading is ばくだいな. ⚫︎ There are no common variations in okurigana for this word.

⚫︎ 巨大な (きょだいな) - gigantic; huge ⚫︎ 膨大な (ぼうだいな) - enormous; vast ⚫︎ 甚大な (じんだいな) - tremendous; immense (often used for negative impacts) ⚫︎ 凄まじい (すさまじい) - tremendous; astounding (often used in a positive sense) ⚫︎ 大規模な (だいきぼな) - large-scale

⚫︎ わずかな (わずかな) - slight; small ⚫︎ 小さな (ちいさな) - small ⚫︎ 少ない (すくない) - few; little

その会社は莫大な利益を上げた。 ・Translation: That company earned enormous profits. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the financial success of the company, highlighting the large amount of profit made.

地震は莫大な被害をもたらした。 ・Translation: The earthquake caused tremendous damage. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the extent of the damage caused by the earthquake, emphasizing its vast scale.

The kanji 莫 originally meant "not" or "none." 大 means "large" or "great." 莫大 together implies "not small" or "immensely large." The な at the end is an adjectival suffix.