How to say "big-hearted" in Japanese

• 太っ腹ふとっぱらCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveThe everyday word for someone big-hearted in the sense of generous and magnanimous with money or treatment of others; it suggests easygoing largeness of spirit rather than deliberate tolerance.
• 気が大きいきがおおきい
  expression, i-adjectiveDescribes a person whose temperament is naturally generous and big-hearted, unstinting in small matters; suited to characterizing someone's personality, as in a person who is 気が大きい.
  海外かいがいに行いくと、気きが大おおきくなって思おもわず使つかいすぎちゃうんだよね。↗

  When you travel abroad, you start to feel very expansive, and it's easy to overspend in a mood like that.
• 心の広いこころのひろい
  expressionCovers big-hearted in the sense of broad-minded and generous, someone who tolerates others' failings and does not sweat the small stuff; a common way to praise such a person.
  どこへ行いっても、親切しんせつで心こころの広ひろい人々ひとびとに出会であいますよ。↗

  Wherever you go, you will meet people who are kind and generous.
• 心が広いこころがひろい
  expression, i-adjectiveThe predicate form of the same idea: generous, broad-minded, big-hearted; use it in sentences about a person being tolerant and open-handed, e.g. in clauses where the subject takes が.
• 気の大きいきのおおきい
  expressionA less common attributive variant of the same idea, big-hearted and generous in temperament; since 気が大きい is the usual way to say this, this one is seldom the word you want.

For generous, magnanimous conduct toward others 「太っ腹」 is the everyday choice; 「気が大きい」 stresses an open-handed temperament, 「心の広い」/「心が広い」 broad-minded generosity, and 「気の大きい」 is a rarer variant of 「気が大きい」.

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• 太っ腹ふとっぱらgenerous
• 気が大きいきがおおきいgenerous
• 心の広いこころのひろいgenerous
• 心が広いこころがひろいgenerous
• 気の大きいきのおおきいgenerous
• 腹が太いはらがふといgenerous
• 器の大きいうつわのおおきいtolerant
• 器が大きいうつわがおおきいtolerant
• おおらかbig-hearted