複ふく数すう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

General term for more than one; used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

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Choose from multiple candidates.

この問もん題だいには複ふく数すうの原げん因いんがある。

This problem has multiple causes.

2

Grammatical term for the plural number, as opposed to singular.

複ふく数すうの〈物もの〉multiple/several ~
複ふく数すうの意い見けんが出でた。
Several opinions came up.
〈物もの〉が複ふく数すうあるthere are multiple of something
候こう補ほが複ふく数すうあります。
There are multiple candidates.

多た数すうN3sense 1
多数 emphasizes a large quantity ('many'), while 複数 simply means 'more than one' without implying a large number.
多た重じゅう
複数 simply means 'more than one' or 'plural', while 多重 stresses layered, overlapping, or simultaneous multiplicity, as in technical structures or systems.
マルチ
マルチ is a borrowed prefix attached to loanwords (マルチタスク), while 複数 is a native noun meaning 'plural/multiple' used more broadly in Japanese sentences.

単たん数すうN2sense 2
単数 means 'singular' in grammar, the direct opposite of 複数 'plural'.
単たん一いつN1
複数 means 'multiple' or 'several', directly opposing 単一's sense of being just one.

複ふく合ごうN1
複数 means 'plural, multiple' and just refers to a quantity greater than one, whereas 複合 refers to those multiple elements being combined into a single structure.

Compound of 複 (multiple) and 数 (number).

複ふく数すう文も字じ

multicharacter; multiple characters

multiple tax rates

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