巨人|きょじんkyojin[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noungiant; great man
    その巨人きょじんは誰だれにも愛あいされなかった。↗
    The giant was not loved by anybody.
  2. nounTokyo Giants (baseball team)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymジャイアントNeutralLoanword for a giant or something huge, common in product names and titles; 「巨人」 is the word with the established figurative sense of a great figure.
  • Synonym大男おおおとこNeutralColloquial word for a tall, big man; unlike 「巨人」 it has no figurative sense of a great figure or master.
  • Synonym巨漢きょかんWrittenWritten word for a burly man, used mainly to describe physique; 「巨人」 can also figuratively mean a great figure.
  • Related大入道おおにゅうどうNeutralA huge bald ogre from folklore, or a big bald man; more colorful and legend-flavored than the neutral 「巨人」.
  • Antonym矮人わいじんWrittenWritten antonym: a dwarf, the opposite of 「巨人」 in body size.

Use 「巨人」 for legendary giants and figuratively for great figures, as in 「知の巨人」. For tall, big men say 「大男」 or 「巨漢」; the loanword 「ジャイアント」 suits product names and titles; the antonym is 「矮人」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 神話しんわや伝説でんせつに登場とうじょうする大おおきな人間にんげん。大男おおおとこ。
  2. 大おおきな体からだの人ひと。大男おおおとこ。
  3. (比喩的ひゆてき)その分野ぶんやにおける優すぐれた才能さいのうで大おおきな功績こうせきをあげた人物じんぶつ。偉人いじん。巨匠きょしょう。大家おおや。
  4. 読売ジャイアンツよみうりじゃいあんつの略称りゃくしょう。
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