Vocabulary

What does 大して (たいして, taishite) mean?

大して (たいして, taishite) means not particularly, not that much.

Quick facts
Readingたいして
Romajitaishite
Part of speechadverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
たいして
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommontaishite

not particularly, not that much

  1. 1adverb (not) very; (not) so; (not) very much

Example sentences

  • This book wasn't particularly interesting.

  • I passed even though I hadn't studied all that much.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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