無む数すう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

Describes an extremely large number of things, often used with の to modify nouns or as a na-adjective. Common in both literal and figurative contexts.

夜よ空ぞらには無む数すうの星ほしが輝かがやいていた。
Countless stars were shining in the night sky.
彼かれは無む数すうにある選せん択たく肢しの中なかから一ひとつを選えらんだ。
He chose one from among the myriad options.

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Usage patterns

無む数すうの〈物もの〉countless ~ / innumerable ~
無む数すうの星ほしが夜よ空ぞらに輝きらめいていた。
Countless stars were shining in the night sky.
〈物もの〉が無む数すうにあるthere are countless ~
海うみには無む数すうの魚さかなが無む数すうにいる。
There are countless fish in the sea.
無む数すうに〈動どう詞し〉to (do something) countlessly / in vast numbers
破は片へんが地じ面めんに無む数すうに散ちらばっていた。
Fragments were scattered countlessly across the ground.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
数number, strength, fate

Related words

多た数すうN3
多数 means 'a large number' and implies a finite, countable quantity, while 無数 suggests an amount too great to count.
数かぞえ切きれない
数え切れない is a colloquial, emphatic phrase meaning 'too many to count', whereas 無数 is the more formal, written equivalent.
万まんN5
無数 means 'countless' or 'innumerable', while 万 in this sense (myriad) emphasizes a very large but still conceptually countable quantity.
無む限げんN2
無数 means 'countless' and focuses on an extremely large but technically finite quantity, while 無限 means truly without limit or end.
おびただしいN1
無数 is a noun/na-adjective meaning 'countless', while 夥しい is an i-adjective that adds a stronger nuance of overwhelming, striking abundance.

Opposites

少しょう数すうN3
少数 means 'a small number', the direct opposite of 無数's 'countless, innumerable'.

Don't confuse with

有ゆう数すうN1
有数 looks similar in kanji but means 'prominent, one of the few notable ones', unlike 無数's 'countless, innumerable'.

Etymology

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 数 (sū, 'number'), literally 'without number'. The reading むすう is a standard on'yomi combination.