大袈裟

This is the 7989th most frequent Japanese word.


大袈裟

"Exaggerated" or "overstated."


Here, 大袈裟 is used to describe someone's speech or stories as exaggerated.

彼の話はいつも大袈裟で、本当はそんなに大変ではないと思う。

His stories are always exaggerated, it's probably not that difficult in reality.


In this usage, 大袈裟 refers to actions or performances being too overblown.

あの俳優の演技は少し大袈裟すぎて、現実感が失われてしまった。

That actor's performance was a bit too exaggerated and lost its sense of realism.


Here, 大袈裟 is employed to express overly dramatic reactions in personal behavior.

私は問題を解決するために少し大袈裟に反応してしまったかもしれません。

I may have reacted a bit overly dramatically to solve the issue.