ぎょうさん

na-adjective, adverb

a lot; plenty; many

Kansai dialect word meaning a large amount or number; used as an adverb or adjectival noun. In standard Japanese, たくさん is the equivalent.

• ぎょうさん食たべてな。

  Eat plenty, okay?

• 今日きょうは人ひとがぎょうさんおるなあ。

  There sure are a lot of people today.

na-adjective

exaggerated; grandiose

Describes something overstated or blown out of proportion. This sense is not dialect-specific and can appear in standard Japanese, though it is somewhat literary or old-fashioned.

• 彼かれの話はなしはいつもぎょうさんだ。

  His stories are always exaggerated.

• そんなぎょうさんな表ひょう現げんは必ひつ要ようない。

  Such grandiose expressions are unnecessary.