大たい量りょう

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Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

Describes a very large amount or volume of something. Often used in compounds like 大量生産 (mass production) or 大量破壊 (mass destruction).

大たい量りょうの〈物もの〉a large amount/quantity of ~
大たい量りょうのデータを分ぶん析せきする。
We analyze a large amount of data.
〈物もの〉を大たい量りょうに〈動どう詞し〉to do something to a large quantity of ~
野や菜さいを大たい量りょうに買かった。
I bought vegetables in bulk.
大たい量りょうに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in large amounts
大たい量りょうに汗あせをかいた。
I sweated a huge amount.
〈物もの〉が大たい量りょうに発はっ生せいするa large number of ~ occurs/arises
害がい虫ちゅうが大たい量りょうに発はっ生せいした。
A massive swarm of pests appeared.

多た量りょうN2
多量 also means 'large quantity' but is more formal and less common in everyday speech than 大量.
多た数すうN3
多数 means 'large number' and is used only for countable items, while 大量 covers both countable and uncountable things.
マス
大量 is the native Japanese word for a large quantity and can stand alone freely, while マス is a loanword mainly used in art contexts or as a prefix in compounds like マスプロ.
大おお口ぐち
大量 is a general word for a large quantity of anything, while 大口 specifically refers to large business orders, transactions, or sums of money.

少しょう量りょうN3
少量 means 'small quantity', the direct opposite of 大量 'large quantity'.
微び量りょうN2
大量 means a large or bulk quantity, the direct opposite of 微量's trace amount.

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Compound of 大 (large) and 量 (quantity). The reading is on'yomi.