| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | a greater extent than one has heard | 聞きしにまさる |
| gen. | a greater extent than one has heard | 聞きしに勝る |
| gen. | a greater or lesser extent | 多かれ少なかれ (degree) |
| gen. | a greater or lesser extent | 大なり小なり (degree) |
| gen. | exp adv after great pains | やっとの思いで |
| rel., budd. | n bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness | 竹篦 ateji (in Zen Buddhism, たけへら) |
| rel., budd. | n bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness | 竹箆 ateji (in Zen Buddhism) |
| gen. | n base of a great enterprise | 洪基 |
| gen. | n base of a great enterprise | 鴻基 |
| gen. | become still greater | 弥増さる |
| gen. | adj-t adv-to yoji being a great success with the public | 好評嘖嘖 |
| gen. | adj-t adv-to yoji being a great success with the public | 好評嘖々 |
| gen. | n being in great demand | 引く手数多 |
| gen. | n adj-no being in great demand | 引っ張りだこ |
| gen. | n adj-no being in great demand | 引っ張り凧 |
| gen. | n adj-no being in great demand | 引っ張りダコ |
| gen. | n adj-no being in great demand | 引っ張り蛸 |
| gen. | n being in great demand | 引く手あまた |
| gen. | n Buddha's great vows | 弘誓 |
| gen. | n building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. | 武徳殿 |
| gen. | carry with great vigor | 振る ichi1 news2 nf42 (e.g. a portable shrine, ふる) |
| gen. | cause greater heaviness | 太らせ |
| gen. | celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man | 降誕祭 |
| gen. | comparison to someone making horse chestnut noodles which requires great haste | 栃麺棒 |
| gen. | crown beauty with even greater beauty | 錦上に花を敷く |
| gen. | exp v1 crowning beauty with even greater glory | 錦上花を添える |
| abbr. | n crowning beauty with even greater glory | 錦上 |
| gen. | n yoji crowning beauty honor, grace with even greater glory | 錦上添花 |
| gen. | n uk eggcase shell of the greater argonaut | 葵貝 |
| gen. | enjoy great prosperity | 時めく |
| gen. | fail one step short of great success | 九仞の功を一簣に虧く |
| gen. | n family of great apes | ヒト科 |
| gen. | n yoji feeling great | 気分爽快 (refreshed) |
| gen. | n foundation of a great project | 洪基 |
| gen. | n foundation of a great project | 鴻基 |
| gen. | n genus containing the greater bamboo lemur | ヒロバナジェントルキツネザル属 |
| gen. | n great achievement | 偉烈 |
| gen. | n great achievement | 勇飛 |
| gen. | n great achievement | 功名 news2 nf42 spec2 |
| gen. | n great achievement | 偉勲 |
| gen. | n great adventure | 大冒険 |
| gen. | great ambition | 浪曼 |
| gen. | great ambition | 浪漫 |
| gen. | adv n great amount of | 山程 |
| gen. | adv n great amount of | 山ほど |
| gen. | n great and ancient nation | 老大国 |
| gen. | n great and powerful person | 権門勢家 |
| gen. | great and prosperous | 浩然 |
| gen. | n great and small | 細大 |
| gen. | n great and splendid land | 真秀等間 ateji (Yamato word) |
| gen. | n uk great and splendid land | 真秀呂場 ateji (of Yamato) |
| gen. | n uk great and splendid land | 真秀等 (Yamato word) |
| gen. | great army | 大兵 |
| gen. | n adj-no great army | 三軍 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | Great Artesian Basin | 大鑽井盆地 |
| gen. | n uk great auk | 大海烏 (Pinguinus impennis) |
| gen. | n great-aunt | 大伯母 |
| gen. | n great-aunt | 大叔母 |
| gen. | n uk great barracuda | 鬼魣 (Sphyraena barracuda) |
| gen. | n great battle | 大戦 ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | n yoji great beauty | 閉月羞花 |
| gen. | n great benefactor | 大恩人 |
| gen. | n great benevolence or blessings | 高恩 |
| gen. | adj-no great big | でかぶつ from でかい and 物 (ぶつ) |
| gen. | adj-no great big | デカブツ |
| gen. | n obsc great blue sea | 滄溟 |
| gen. | n Great Britain | 英国 |
| gen. | n uk Great Britain | 大不列顛 |
| gen. | n uk Great Britain | 大不列顚 |
| gen. | n Great Britain | 大ブリテン島 |
| gen. | n Great Britain | 英國 oK |
| gen. | n uk Great Britain | 英吉利 ateji |
| gen. | Great Britain and the Netherlands | 英蘭 |
| gen. | n uk great burdock | 牛蒡 (Arctium lappa) |
| gen. | n great burdock sold covered with soil | 土牛蒡 |
| gen. | n great burdock sold covered with soil | 土ゴボウ |
| gen. | n great burdock sold covered with soil | 土ごぼう |
| gen. | n great circle | 大円 (だいえん) |
| gen. | n great circle | 大圏 (taiken) |
| gen. | n great circle route | 大圏コース (taiken-kōsu) |
| gen. | n great circle sailing route | 大圏航路 (たいけん・こうろ) |
| gen. | n yoji great compassion and mercy | 大慈大悲 |
| gen. | n great Confucian | 大儒 (scholar) |
| gen. | n great cost | 大金 ichi1 news1 nf14 (たいきん) |
| gen. | n great cost | 巨費 news2 nf28 (きょひ) |
| gen. | Great Council of State | 太政官 |
| gen. | n uk Great Crested Grebe | 冠鳰 (Podiceps cristatus) |
| gen. | n great damage | 百害 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n Great Dark Spot | 大暗斑 (on Neptune) |
| gen. | n great dash | 昇竜 |
| gen. | n adj-na great deal of trouble | 大迷惑 |
| gen. | n great debt of gratitude | 大恩 |
| gen. | n great deed | 偉功 |
| gen. | great deficit | 大穴 news2 nf34 (おおあな) |
| gen. | n vs great delight | 満悦 news2 nf37 spec2 |
| gen. | n great demon | 大妖 |
| gen. | n great depth | 千仞 |
| gen. | n vs great desire | 希求 news2 nf41 |
| gen. | n great detective | 名探偵 |
| gen. | n great difference | 大違い |
| gen. | n great difference | 雲壌 |
| gen. | n vs great difference | 懸絶 |
| gen. | n adj-no great difference | 大差 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | n great difference | 逕庭 |
| gen. | n great difference | 径庭 |
| gen. | n great difference | 雲泥 |
| gen. | n great disappointment | 大変残念 |
| gen. | n obsc great disaster | 大災 |
| gen. | n great disaster | 大難 |
| gen. | n great disaster | 大惨事 |
| gen. | n great disaster | 大災害 |
| gen. | n great discovery | 大発見 |
| gen. | n great distance | 鵬程 |
| gen. | great diurnal range | 最大日潮差 |
| gen. | n yoji great diversity of form | 千態万様 |
| gen. | n great doctor | 医聖 |
| gen. | n great duty | 大役 news1 nf20 |
| gen. | n great earthquake | 大震災 news1 nf15 (disaster) |
| gen. | n Great East Japan earthquake | 東日本大震災 (March 11, 2011) |
| gen. | n Great East Japan Earthquake | 東北地方太平洋沖地震 |
| gen. | n great eater | 大食漢 |
| gen. | n great effect | 偉効 |
| gen. | n great efficiency | 卓効 |
| gen. | n vs great effort | 努力 ichi1 news1 nf01 (どりょく) |
| gen. | n great efforts | 活躍 ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | n great white egret | 大鷺 |
| gen. | n great emperor | 大帝 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n great enterprise | 大行 |
| gen. | n great enterprise | 偉業 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | n vs great erudition | 薀蓄 |
| gen. | n vs great erudition | うん蓄 |
| gen. | n vs great erudition | 蘊蓄 |
| gen. | n great eruption | 大噴火 |
| gen. | n great expanse of water | 洸洋 |
| gen. | n great favor | 厚恩 |
| gen. | n great feudal lords | 公侯 |
| gen. | n great flavor | 極味 |
| gen. | n great folly or fool | 大愚 |
| gen. | n great fool | 下愚 |
| gen. | n yoji great utter fool | 大馬鹿者 |
| gen. | n great fortune | 大福 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | n obsc great fragrance | 異香 |
| gen. | adv n adj-no vs great fuss | 擦った揉んだ |
| gen. | n great general | 良将 |
| gen. | n great god | 明神 |
| gen. | n great god | 偉丈夫 |
| gen. | n great god of restoration | 大直備神 |
| gen. | n great god of restoration | 大直毘神 |
| gen. | n great-granddad | 曽祖父 |
| gen. | n great-granddad | 曾祖父 |
| gen. | n great-grandma | 曽祖母 |
| gen. | n great-grandma | 曾祖母 |
| gen. | n great-grandmother | 曽祖母 |
| gen. | n great-grandmother | 曾お祖母さん |
| gen. | n great-grandmother | 曾祖母 |
| gen. | n great-grandparents | 曽祖父母 |
| gen. | n vs great gratitude | 大感謝 |
| gen. | n great-great-grandchild | 玄孫 |
| gen. | n great-great-grandfather | 高祖父 |
| gen. | n great-great-grandmother | 高祖母 |
| gen. | n great-great-great-grandchild | 来孫 |
| gen. | n great-great-great-great-grandchild | 昆孫 |
| gen. | n great-great-great-great-great-grandchild | 仍孫 |
| gen. | n great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchild | 雲孫 |
| gen. | n uk great green turban | 夜光貝 (Turbo marmoratus) |
| gen. | n uk great grey owl | 樺太梟 (Strix nebulosa) |
| gen. | n uk great grey shrike | 大百舌 (Lanius excubitor) |
| gen. | n great grief | 傷忰 |
| gen. | n great grief | 傷悴 |
| gen. | n great hammerhead | グレート・ハンマーヘッド (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark) |
| gen. | n great hammerhead | グレートハンマーヘッド (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark) |
| gen. | n uk great hammerhead | 平撞木鮫 (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark) |
| gen. | n Great Hanshin Earthquake | 阪神大震災 (Jan 1995) |
| gen. | adj-na n great haste | 大あわて |
| gen. | adj-na n great haste | 大慌て |
| gen. | n great height | 万仞 |
| gen. | n great height | 万尋 |
| gen. | great height | 千尋 news2 nf31 |
| gen. | great height | 千仞 |
| gen. | adj-na n great help | 大助かり news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n great hit | 馬鹿当り |
| gen. | n uk great horned owl | アメリカ鷲木菟 (Bubo virginianus) |
| gen. | n great idiot | 大呆け |
| gen. | n great idiot | 大惚け |
| gen. | n great idiot | 大ボケ |
| gen. | n adj-na great inconvenience | 大迷惑 |
| gen. | n Great Interregnum | 大空位時代 (gap between Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rule of the Holy Roman Empire, approx. 1254-1273 CE) |
| gen. | n great intimacy | 膠漆 |
| gen. | n great joy | 大慶 |
| gen. | adj-na n vs great joy | 大喜び ichi1 news1 nf16 |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji great joy | 歓天喜地 |
| gen. | n vs great joy | 歓喜 news1 nf20 |
| gen. | n Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 | 関東大震災 |
| gen. | n Great Khan | 大汗 |
| gen. | n great king | 大王 news2 nf31 |
| gen. | n Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 | 淡路大震災 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island) |
| gen. | Great Kremlin Palace | クレムリン gai1 (Moscow) |
| gen. | adj-na n vs great laughter | 大笑い news2 nf41 spec2 |
| gen. | n Great Leap Forward | 大躍進 (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960) |
| gen. | adj-na n great length | 長大 ichi1 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | n great liar | 千三屋 |
| gen. | n great lie | 嘘偽り |
| gen. | n great longitudinal fissure | 大脳縦裂 |
| gen. | n uk great long-nosed armadillo | 八帯アルマジロ (Dasypus kappleri) |
| gen. | n great love | 大恋愛 |
| gen. | n great love of books | 愛書 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n adj-no great majority | 大多数 ichi1 news1 nf12 |
| gen. | n great man | 傑物 |
| gen. | n great man | 大男 news2 nf33 spec2 |
| gen. | n great man | 豪傑 news2 nf41 spec2 |
| gen. | n great man | 傑士 |
| gen. | n great man | 巨人 news1 nf03 |
| gen. | n great man | 偉人 ichi1 news2 nf32 |
| gen. | n great man | 偉物 |
| gen. | n great man | 英傑 |
| gen. | n great man | えら物 |
| gen. | n great man | 豪物 |
| gen. | exp great man | 呑舟の魚 |
| gen. | n great man | 偉丈夫 |
| gen. | adj-i uk great many | 夥しい ichi1 |
| gen. | adj-na adv n great many | 仰山 |
| gen. | n great master of go | 棋聖 news1 nf11 |
| gen. | n great master of shogi | 棋聖 news1 nf11 |
| gen. | n great men | 英霊 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | exp yoji Great men enjoy sensual pleasure | 英雄好色 |
| gen. | exp Great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures | 英雄色を好む |
| gen. | n great mistake | 大間違い (おおまちがい) |
| gen. | n Great Molasses Flood | ボストン糖蜜災害 |
| gen. | Great Monkey King | 大猿王 (unclass; as in Hanuman from the Ramayana tales (manga)) |
| gen. | n Great Mormon | 長崎揚羽蝶 (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon) |
| gen. | n Great Mormon | 長崎揚羽 (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon) |
| gen. | n great mountain | 大山 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | n great name | 雷名 |
| gen. | n great nation | 大邦 |
| gen. | n adj-na great noise | 諠譟 |
| gen. | n adj-na great noise | 喧噪 |
| gen. | n adj-na great noise | 喧騒 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | n uk great northern diver | 嘴黒阿比 |
| gen. | n uk great northern loon | 嘴黒阿比 |
| gen. | n Great Northern War | 北方戦争 (Sweden vs. Russia, Poland, Denmark, Saxony and Hanover: 1700-1721) |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji great nuisance | 迷惑至極 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji great nuisance | 迷惑千万 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t great number | 大数 |
| gen. | n-adv n great number | 多数 ichi1 news1 nf02 (たすう) |
| gen. | n great number of | 千千 |
| gen. | adj-no uk great number of | 幾つも |
| gen. | n adj-no great number of people | 大ぜい |
| gen. | n adj-no great number of people | 大勢 ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | great number of soldiers | 大兵 |
| gen. | n great numbers | 多勢 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | n great numbers | 衆多 |
| gen. | n great numbers | 衆 news1 nf19 (of people) |
| gen. | n great obligation | 大恩 |
| gen. | n great old-timer of the firm | 会社の主 |
| gen. | n great one-horned rhinoceros | 一角サイ (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
| gen. | n great one-horned rhinoceros | 一角犀 (Rhinoceros unicornis) |
| gen. | n uk great one-horned rhinoceros | インド犀 |
| gen. | n great or famous actor | 名優 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | n great or famous commander | 名将 news2 nf41 |
| gen. | n great or magnanimous man | 大人物 |
| gen. | exp Great pains but all in vain | 骨折り損の草臥れ儲け |
| gen. | n great pair | 名コンビ |
| gen. | n great person | 人傑 |
| gen. | n great person | 英雄 ichi1 news1 nf07 |
| gen. | n yoji great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel | 伏竜鳳雛 |
| gen. | n yoji great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel | 臥竜鳳雛 |
| gen. | adj-na n great pity | 哀絶 |
| gen. | n great player | 名選手 |
| gen. | n great poet | 詩仙 |
| gen. | n great poet | 詩聖 |
| gen. | n great poet | 歌仙 |
| gen. | n great poet | 詩神 |
| gen. | n great poet | 歌聖 |
| gen. | n great popularity | 大もて |
| gen. | n great popularity | 大評判 |
| gen. | n great popularity | 大持て |
| gen. | n great popularity | 大モテ |
| gen. | n adj-na adj-no great popularity | 大人気 (だいにんき) |
| gen. | n vs adj-no great poverty | 貧窮 |
| gen. | n great power | 大邦 |
| gen. | n great powers | 列強 news2 nf28 |
| gen. | n yoji great learned priest | 名僧知識 |
| gen. | n great principle | 大原則 |
| gen. | great quantity | 多らか (of something) |
| gen. | great quantity | 大らか (of something) |
| gen. | n uk great reed warbler | 大葦切 (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) |
| gen. | n great religion | 大宗教 |
| gen. | n great renown | 勇名 |
| gen. | n great riches | 巨富 |
| gen. | n great rival | 大敵 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | n great ruler | 英主 |
| gen. | n great sage | 大賢 |
| gen. | n great sage | 大聖 |
| gen. | n great scholar | 大学者 |
| gen. | great scholar | 大儒 |
| gen. | n great scholar | 碩学 |
| gen. | n uk great seahorse | 大海馬 (Hippocampus kelloggi) |
| gen. | n yoji great sensation | 一大旋風 |
| gen. | n great shock | 大ショック |
| gen. | n great speed | 猛スピード |
| gen. | adj-na n great speed | 神速 |
| gen. | n uk great spotted woodpecker | 赤啄木鳥 (Dendrocopos major) |
| gen. | n yoji great strength and energy | 抜山蓋世 (of a mighty hero) |
| gen. | n vs great strides | 大躍進 |
| gen. | n great strides | 長足 |
| gen. | n vs great strife | 大騒動 |
| gen. | n great success | 大盛況 |
| gen. | n vs great success | 大受け |
| gen. | n great success | 大出来 (おおでき) |
| gen. | n great suggestion | 銘説 |
| gen. | n great suggestion | 名説 |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no great sum | 巨額 news1 nf04 (きょがく) |
| gen. | n Great Sun | 大日 |
| gen. | exp great surprise | 寝耳に水 |
| gen. | n person of great talent | 偉才 |
| gen. | n great talent | 鬼才 news2 nf34 spec2 |
| gen. | n great talent | 大巧 |
| gen. | n person of great talent | 異才 |
| gen. | exp yoji Great talents mature late | 大器晩成 |
| gen. | n great task | 大行 |
| gen. | n great task | 大仕事 |
| gen. | n great task or feat | 大技 |
| gen. | n great task or feat | 大業 |
| gen. | n great taste | 極味 |
| gen. | n Great Tempo Famine | 天保の大飢饉 |
| gen. | n uk great tit | 四十雀 (Parus major) |
| gen. | n Great Tokyo Air Raid | 東京大空襲 (firebombing of Tokyo, Mar. 10, 1945) |
| gen. | n great treachery | 梟悪 |
| gen. | n great treasure | 大宝 |
| gen. | n uk great trevally | 銀亀鯵 |
| gen. | n uk great trevally | 銀河目鯵 |
| gen. | n uk great trevally | 銀紙鯵 |
| gen. | adj-na n great trouble | 七面倒 |
| gen. | n vs great tumult | 大騒動 |
| gen. | n great, unifying leader | 征夷大将軍 |
| gen. | n great uprising | 大乱 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | n great variety of flowering plants | 千種 |
| gen. | n great variety of flowering plants | 千草 news2 nf45 |
| gen. | n vs great victory | 大勝ち |
| gen. | n vs adj-no great victory | 大勝 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | exp great vigor | 飛ぶ鳥も落とす勢い |
| gen. | exp great vigor | 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い |
| gen. | n great virtue | 俊徳 |
| gen. | n great wall | 長城 (of China) |
| gen. | n Great Wall of China | 万里の長城 |
| gen. | n great war | 大戦 ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | n great warrior | 一騎当千のつわもの |
| gen. | n great warrior | 一騎当千の兵 |
| gen. | n great weight | 千金 |
| gen. | n great weight | 千鈞 |
| gen. | obsc great white shark | 黄道眉 |
| gen. | n uk great white shark | 頬白鮫 |
| gen. | obsc great white shark | 画眉鳥 |
| gen. | obsc great white shark | 頬白 |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji great wisdom | 才気縦横 |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no yoji great wisdom | 才気煥発 |
| gen. | n great wisdom | 英気 ichi1 |
| gen. | n great woman | 豪物 |
| gen. | n great woman | えら物 |
| gen. | n great woman | 偉物 |
| gen. | n great literary work | 巨篇 |
| gen. | great work | 大著 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | n great literary work | 巨編 |
| gen. | n great worry | 深憂 |
| gen. | n great writer | 大作家 |
| gen. | n uk greater amberjack | 勘八 (Seriola dumerili) |
| gen. | n uk greater amberjack | 間八 (Seriola dumerili) |
| inf. | greater argonaut | 葵貝 (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo) |
| gen. | n uk greater argonaut | 貝蛸 (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo) |
| gen. | n greater bamboo lemur | ヒロバナジェントルキツネザル (Prolemur simus) |
| gen. | n uk greater bandicoot rat | 鬼鼠 (Bandicota indica) |
| gen. | n greater curvature of stomach | 大弯 |
| gen. | uk greater duckweed | 浮き萍 (Spirodela polyrhiza) |
| gen. | uk greater duckweed | 浮草 (Spirodela polyrhiza, うきくさ) |
| gen. | uk greater duckweed | 萍 (Spirodela polyrhiza) |
| gen. | uk greater duckweed | 浮き草 (Spirodela polyrhiza) |
| gen. | n Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere | 大東亜共栄圏 |
| gen. | n Greater East Asian dialect | 大東亜語 |
| gen. | n greater fairy armadillo | チャコ・アルマジロ (Calyptophractus retusus) |
| gen. | n greater fairy armadillo | チャコアルマジロ (Calyptophractus retusus) |
| gen. | n uk greater flamingo | 大フラミンゴ (Phoenicopterus roseus) |
| gen. | n uk greater horseshoe bat | 菊頭蝙蝠 (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) |
| gen. | n uk greater Indian fruit bat | インド大蝙蝠 |
| geogr. | Greater London | グレーターロンドン |
| tech. | Greater London Plan | 大計画 (だいロンドンけいかく) |
| gen. | n greater metropolitan area | 大都市圏 (だい・とし・けん) |
| gen. | Greater Mongolia | モンゴリア (unclass) |
| gen. | n greater naked-tailed armadillo | タトゥースベオアルマジロ (Cabassous tatouay) |
| gen. | n greater omentum | 大網 |
| phys. | greater or equal | 以上 (いじょう) |
| gen. | n greater palace | 大内裏 (だいだいり) |
| gen. | n-t greater part | 大部分 ichi1 news1 nf08 (だいふぶん) |
| gen. | n uk greater prairie chicken | 草原雷鳥 (Tympanuchus cupido) |
| gen. | n uk greater roadrunner | 大道走 (Geococcyx californianus) |
| gen. | n uk greater sand plover | 大目大千鳥 (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
| gen. | n uk greater scaup | 鈴鴨 (species of diving duck, Aythya marila, すづがも) |
| gen. | n uk greater sooty owl | 煤色面梟 |
| gen. | n uk greater spotted eagle | 樺太鷲 (Aquila clanga) |
| geogr. | Greater Sunda Islands | 大スンダ列島 |
| gen. | adj-i greater than ... | より大きい e.g. 〜より大きい |
| comp. | n greater-than mark (> | 大なり |
| comp., MS | GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO | より大か等しい (The ≥ character) |
| comp., MS | greater than or equal to sign The ≥ character | より大か等しい記号 (> =) |
| gen. | n greater than or equal to zero | 非負 |
| comp., MS | greater than sign The > character | より大記号 (>) |
| math. | greater than zero | 正 ichi1 news1 nf04 (sei) |
| gen. | greater vestibular gland | 大前庭腺 |
| gen. | n greater waterfall | 男滝 (of the two) |
| gen. | n greater waterfall | 雄滝 (of the two) |
| gen. | n uk greater white-fronted goose | 真雁 (Anser albifrons) |
| gen. | n uk greater yellowtail | 勘八 |
| gen. | n uk greater yellowtail | 間八 |
| gen. | adj-na adj-no adj-t adv-to yoji having great faith in oneself | 自信満々 |
| gen. | adj-na adj-no adj-t adv-to yoji having great faith in oneself | 自信満満 |
| gen. | n adj-na adj-no yoji having great impressive, commanding presence | 貫禄十分 |
| gen. | exp adj-i having great willpower | 意志の強い |
| gen. | n high priest of a great shrine | 大宮司 |
| gen. | n ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater | ラクト・アイス |
| gen. | n ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater | ラクトアイス |
| gen. | n imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace | 里内裏 (Heian period) |
| gen. | exp isn't it great? | ええじゃないか |
| gen. | n hon language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener | 尊大語 |
| math. | n less than sign or greater than sign (< or > | 不等号 (ふとうごう) |
| gen. | n miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar | 桜みそ |
| gen. | n miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar | さくら味噌 |
| gen. | n miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar | 桜味噌 |
| gen. | n miso soup with pork or chicken originally boned chicken chunks with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes | 薩摩汁 |
| gen. | n motorcycle, greater than or equal to 250cc | 小型二輪 |
| phys. | not greater | 以下 (いか) |
| gen. | person of great culture | 士人 |
| gen. | person of great erudition | 大儒 |
| gen. | n person of great renown | 名望家 |
| gen. | person of great talent | 大器 news2 nf30 |
| gen. | n yoji person of lofty virtue and great wisdom | 聖人賢者 |
| gen. | n yoji person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical | 機械馬鹿 |
| gen. | n person who has great confidence faith in himself | 自信家 |
| gen. | n yoji policy of great powers favorable only to themselves | 大国主義 |
| gen. | n vs yoji realisation of a great ambition | 大願成就 |
| gen. | adj-na really great | 素敵滅法 |
| gen. | rule a country requires many great men | 千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず |
| gen. | exp Small head but great wit | 山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い |
| gen. | exp small sacrifice in a great cause | 大事の前の小事 |
| gen. | n study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels | 紅学 |
| gen. | n swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine | 大福 |
| gen. | n swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine | 大服 |
| gen. | take great care | 丹精を込める |
| gen. | n yoji take great care of | 後生大事 news2 nf45 |
| gen. | take great risks | 虎の尾を踏む |
| gen. | n vs yoji taking great pains | 苦心惨憺 |
| gen. | n ten great disciples | 十哲 (e.g. of Basho, Confucius, etc.) |
| rel., budd. | n yoji The Eight Greater Hells | 八大地獄 |
| gen. | exp v5t the fall of a great star | 巨星墜つ |
| gen. | n the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura | 鎌倉五山 (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji) |
| gen. | n the four great civilizations of the world | 四大文明 (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900) |
| gen. | n the four great civilizations of the world | 世界四大文明 (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900) |
| gen. | n the four great families of the age | 四姓 (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan) |
| gen. | n the four great sages | 四聖 (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates) |
| gen. | n .. the Great | 大帝 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n the great deep | 大海原 |
| gen. | n the Great Depression | 世界大恐慌 |
| gen. | n the great evil god | 大禍津日神 |
| gen. | n the Great Lakes | 五大湖 |
| gen. | n the Great Saigo | 大西郷 |
| gen. | n the great unwashed | 黔首 |
| gen. | n the Great Vowel Shift | 大母音推移 |
| gen. | n the Greater Dog | おおいぬ座 |
| gen. | n the Greater Dog | 大犬座 |
| gen. | n sens The Greater East Asian War | 大東亜戦争 |
| proverb | exp the greater embraces the less | 大は小を兼ねる |
| gen. | n adj-no the greater part | 過半 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | exp v1 sens the mediocre have no right to criticize the great | 群盲象を撫ず |
| gen. | exp v1 sens the mediocre have no right to criticize the great | 群盲象を撫でる |
| gen. | n the seven great temples of Nara | 七大寺 (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji) |
| gen. | n the seven great temples of Nara | 南都七大寺 (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji) |
| gen. | n yoji the state of affairs being in great turmoil | 狂瀾怒涛 |
| gen. | n the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace | 十二門 |
| gen. | n vs yoji tossing oneself about in great pain | 七顛八倒 |
| gen. | n vs yoji tossing oneself about in great pain | 七転八倒 |
| gen. | n vs turning out in great numbers | 輩出 news1 nf20 |
| gen. | n two great men | 両雄 news2 nf34 spec2 (rivals) |
| gen. | n the two great powers | 二大強国 |
| gen. | exp two great rivals cannot coexist | 両雄並び立たず |
| gen. | undergo great hardships | 身を削る |
| gen. | adj-na n very great | 甚大 news2 nf30 spec2 |
| gen. | adj-na n wise and great | 英邁 |
| gen. | with a great amount of effort | うんと |
| gen. | adv with a great deal of effort | えっちらおっちら |
| gen. | adv with great attention to detail | 手取り足取り (e.g. when teaching) |
| gen. | adv uk with great care | 備に |
| gen. | adv with great care | 大切に |
| gen. | adv uk with great care | 悉に |
| gen. | adv uk with great care | 具に |
| gen. | exp with great caution | 腫れ物に触るように |
| gen. | exp uk with great difficulty | やっとの事で |
| gen. | adj-no adj-t adv-to yoji with great pomp and circumstance | 威風堂々 |
| gen. | adj-no adj-t adv-to yoji with great pomp and circumstance | 威風堂堂 |
| gen. | adv-to adj-t with great strides | 駸駸 |
| gen. | adv-to adj-t with great strides | 駸々 |
| gen. | exp with great vigour | 怒濤の勢い |
| gen. | exp with great vigour | 破竹の勢い (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick) |