多た々た

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Meanings

Adverb used to emphasize a large quantity, frequency, or degree. Often appears in formal or written language. Can also express an increasing trend.

多た々たご迷めい惑わくをおかけしました。
I have caused you a great deal of trouble.
この問もん題だいについては多た々た議ぎ論ろんがある。
There is much debate on this issue.
最さい近きん、多た々た見みかけるようになった。
Lately, I have come across it more and more.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉が多々たたあるthere are many such things/instances
彼かれの説せつ明めいには矛む盾じゅんする点てんが多た々たある。
There are many contradictions in his explanation.
〈事こと〉〉が多々見たたみられるmany such things are frequently observed
このレポートには誤ご字じが多た々た見みられる。
Many typos can be seen throughout this report.
反省はんせいすべき点てんが多々たたあるthere are many points that need reflection (common set phrase)
今こん回かいのプロジェクトには反はん省せいすべき点てんが多た々たあります。
There are many points we need to reflect on regarding this project.

Expressions

多た々た益ます々ます弁べんずthe busier you are, the better you work · the more, the better

Kanji

多many, frequent, much

Related words

たくさんN5
たくさん is the common, everyday word for 'a lot', while 多々 is a formal, often written word emphasizing repeated occurrence.
非ひ常じょうにN4
非常に is a general intensifier meaning 'very', while 多々 specifically stresses that something happens or exists many times.
数かず多おおく
数多く is a formal written word for 'numerous' focused on countable items, while 多々 more often modifies verbs like ある/見られる to stress frequency.

Opposites

少しょう々しょうN4
少々 means 'a little' in the same formal register, contrasting with 多々's 'very much/many'.

Don't confuse with

多た大だいN1
多々 describes many instances or occurrences of something, while 多大 describes the great magnitude or extent of a single thing, as in 多大な迷惑.

Written forms

多た々たUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling; common in formal and written contexts.
たたUsage6%
多た多たUsage1%
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 多々.

Etymology

Reduplication of 多 (た, 'many'), forming an adverb meaning 'very many' or 'much'. The kanji 多々 is a straightforward representation of this reduplication.