多おおい

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多い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	多おおい	多おおくない
Polite	多おおいです	多おおくないですalso 多おおくありません
Past polite	多おおかったです	多おおくなかったですalso 多おおくありませんでした
Past	多おおかった	多おおくなかった
Te-form	多おおくて	多おおくなくて
Adverbial	多おおく
Conditional	多おおければ	多おおくなければ
Tara conditional	多おおかったら	多おおくなかったら

Meanings

Describes a large number or amount of something. Used for countable and uncountable things. Often appears in patterns like ～が多い or 多く～.

Used for events or situations that happen often. Common in phrases like ～ことが多い.

〈物もの〉が多おおいthere is a lot of ~; ~ is numerous
この街まちは人ひとが多おおい。
This town has a lot of people.
〈動どう詞し〉ことが多おおいit often happens that ~; ~ tends to happen
彼かれは遅ち刻こくすることが多おおい。
He is often late.
多おおくの〈物もの〉many ~; a lot of ~
多おおくの学がく生せいがこの意い見けんに賛さん成せいした。
Many students agreed with this opinion.
圧あっ倒とう的てきに多おおいoverwhelmingly many/numerous
この学がっ校こうは女じょ子し学がく生せいの数かずが圧あっ倒とう的てきに多おおい。
This school has an overwhelmingly large number of female students.

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たくさんN5sense 1
たくさん is a noun/adverb meaning 'a lot' used to modify verbs or as a quantity word, while 多い is an i-adjective that directly describes something as being numerous.
多たN2
多い is the common adjective for 'many/much' used in everyday speech, while 多 is a more formal noun/prefix found mainly in compounds like 多額.
数すう多た
多い is the everyday adjective for 'many/numerous', while 数多 is a dated literary word with the same meaning.
多おおし
多し is the archaic classical form meaning 'many, numerous', while 多い is the standard modern Japanese adjective with the same meaning.
おびただしいN1
多い is the plain, everyday adjective for 'many', while 夥しい is a more literary word that emphasizes an overwhelming or excessive quantity.

少すくないN5sense 1
少ない means 'few, little' and is the direct opposite of 多い, which means 'many, much'.
わずかN3
多い means 'many/much', the direct opposite of 僅か's sense of a small, meager amount.
数かず少すくない
多い means 'many' or 'numerous', the direct opposite of 数少ない, which means 'few in number'.
ごくわずかN2
多い describes a large quantity, the direct opposite of ごく僅か, which describes an almost negligible quantity.

大おおきいN5sense 1
多い describes quantity (many/much), while 大きい describes size (big), and beginners often mix up the two similar-sounding words.

多おおめN3
a little more; somewhat larger amount; a bit extra
多おおし
many; numerous; frequent
数かず多おおい
many; numerous; a great number of
恐おそれ多おおい
awesome; awe-inspiring; august · presumptuous; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
多おおくN1
many; much; a lot · majority; greater part; most · mostly; mainly; usually; often

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From Old Japanese. The root 多 (おお) is related to 大 (おお, 'big') and 多い originally meant 'abundant, plentiful'.