偉い
erai
great, celebrated, eminent, terrible, awful, famous, remarkable, excellent
Example sentences
彼は自分では偉いつもりでいるが、実際はとるに足らぬ人だ。
He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.
彼は会社をくびになったんだけど、わざわい転じて福となすで、見事独立したから偉いよ。
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
彼は偉い学者で、さらによいことには、良い先生だ。
He is a great scholar and what is better, a good teacher.