Tuesday, 27 October 2009

taihen たいへん 

taihen たいへん 

I heard this word today and looked it up in the dictionary. But I’ve stumbled upon a longer expression which I thought would be useful but not.

taihen osewaninari arigatou gozaimasu
 たいへんおせわになりありがとうございます means ‘thank you for all your hard work’, is mainly used in ceremonies (especially at the end of the year or any finished event) as it is very formal.

taihen たいへん has many meanings too.

The main one is ‘very’ or ‘more’. Synonym will have to be like totemo or tottemo ‘very’ or ‘exceeding’. Most probably the same group with nakanaka ‘very’ or ‘considerably’.

And depending on the context it can mean ‘terrible’.