マンモス
Meanings
1
mammoth
Refers to the extinct animal, especially the woolly mammoth.
I saw a mammoth fossil at the museum.
2
Used as a prefix to describe something extremely large in scale or size, like マンモス校 (a huge school) or マンモスビル (a massive building).
This university is a mammoth school with 50,000 students.
Usage patterns
- マンモス〈物〉attached to a noun to mean "giant" or "massive" (e.g. a huge building or complex)
This housing complex is famous as a massive housing complex.
Expressions
- いただきマンモスthanks for the meal (slang)