大丈夫 - Japanese Vocabulary meaning of 大丈夫 - safe

大丈夫

だいじょうぶ

safe

だいじょうぶ

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na-adjective

1. Safe; Secure; Sound; Problem-free; Without fear; All right; Alright; OK; Okay

adverb

2. Certainly; Surely; Undoubtedly

interjection, na-adjective

3. No thanks; I'm good; That's alright colloquialism.

noun

4. Great man; Fine figure of a man archaism. See also 大丈夫. Only applies to だいじょうぶ.

MM - #1470 Common N5

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大丈夫's usage as "No thanks" is technically slang and not "correct" Japanese, but people use it so often that it may as well be!