大袈裟 (おおげさ) — exaggerated, overdone, overblown | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

exaggerated overdone overblown

Practice Writing

Character: 1/3

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Component Analysis

exaggerated, overdone, overblown...

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

袈

a coarse camlet

加

add, addition, increase...

くわ.える, くわ.わる, カ

力

power, strength, strong...

ちから, リョク, リキ

口

くち, コウ, ク

衣

garment, clothes, dressing

ころも, きぬ, イ

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

裟

Buddhist surplice

沙

すな, よなげる, サ

氵

( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)

少

すく.ない, すこ.し, ショウ

小

ちい.さい, こ-, ショウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

衣

garment, clothes, dressing

ころも, きぬ, イ

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

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