大文字|おおもじoomoji[0]heiban (flat)

Common
だいもんじdaimonji[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. nounuppercase letter; capital letter
    アルファベットを大文字だいもんじで書かきなさい。↗
    Write the alphabet in capitals.
  2. nounlarge character; large writing
  3. nounthe (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"
  4. nounhuge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymキャピタルNeutralA loanword for capital letters, but it also means a capital city or financial capital, so on its own it can be ambiguous.
  • SynonymキャピタルレターNeutralA loanword used specifically for capital letters; a typography term that sounds more technical than 「大文字」.
  • Antonym小文字こもじNeutralLowercase letters — the direct opposite of 「大文字」 in its uppercase sense.

Use 「大文字」 for uppercase letters and 「小文字」 for lowercase; the giant 「大」 in Kyoto's Gozan bonfire is also 「大文字」 (だいもんじ). In typography contexts 「キャピタルレター」 sounds more technical. Avoid 「キャピタル」 alone — it can also mean a capital city or money.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ギリシア文字もじやそれから派生はせいした文字もじ体系たいけい(ローマ字ろーまじ、キリル文字もじ等とう)で、文頭ぶんとうや固有こゆう名詞めいしのはじめなどに使つかう文字もじ。
  2. 哲学てつがくや評論ひょうろんなどで、普遍性ふへんせいや超越ちょうえつ性せいなど特別とくべつな意味いみを持もつものを指さす換喩かんゆ。
  3. 「大だい」という文字もじ。そのような形かたちのもの。
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