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great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary
distinguished; important; high-ranking; powerful; eminent; famous
awful; terrible; serious; tremendous; great; mighty; severe
tiring; tough; hard
very; extremely
困難を乗り越えるのは偉いことです。
Overcoming difficulties is admirable.
若くして社長になった彼女は本当に偉かった。
She became company president at a young age and was truly admirable.
肩書きがあるだけでは偉くない。
Having a title alone doesn't make one great.