えらけれ (エラケレ)
Erakere · えらけれ — great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary; distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous; awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe
Other ways to say “great” in Japanese →
えらけれ in rōmaji: erakere.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
えらけれ
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
偉い
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| 読み (Reading) |
エラケレ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
仮定形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
えらけれ
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| 読み・基本形 |
エライ
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| 表記・基本形 |
えらい
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| 見出し語の読み |
エライ
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Used in Kansai dialect (Osaka area) to mean 'great' or 'terrible', often in casual speech. You'll hear it in comedy or when talking to friends from the region.
あいつはえらけれ人やなあ。
Aitsu wa erakere hito ya naa.
He's a great person, isn't he?
今日はえらけれ疲れたわ。
Kyou wa erakere tsukareta wa.
I'm terribly tired today.
⚖️ Often confused with standard Japanese 'erai' (えらい) meaning 'great' or 'hard'; 'erakere' is a Kansai dialect form.
えらけれ means “great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary; distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous; awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe” — full definition & examples →
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
偉いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
偉くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
偉かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
偉くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
偉く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
偉ければ
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