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複数 (ふくすう, fukusuu) Japanese meaning: plural | Kotomora

複ふく数すう

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Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

plural; multiple

General term for more than one; used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

複ふく数すうの候こう補ほ者しゃから選えらぶ。

Choose from multiple candidates.

この問もん題だいには複ふく数すうの原げん因いんがある。

This problem has multiple causes.

2

plural (number)

Grammatical term for the plural number, as opposed to singular.

See also: 単数

英えい語ごでは、名めい詞しの複ふく数すう形けいに -s を付つけることが多おおい。
In English, the plural form of nouns often takes -s.

Usage patterns

複ふく数すうの〈物もの〉multiple/several ~
複ふく数すうの意い見けんが出でた。
Several opinions came up.
〈物もの〉が複ふく数すうあるthere are multiple of something
候こう補ほが複ふく数すうあります。
There are multiple candidates.

Kanji

複duplicate, double, compound
数number, strength, fate

Related words

多た数すうN3sense 1
多数 emphasizes a large quantity ('many'), while 複数 simply means 'more than one' without implying a large number.
多た重じゅう
複数 simply means 'more than one' or 'plural', while 多重 stresses layered, overlapping, or simultaneous multiplicity, as in technical structures or systems.
マルチ
マルチ is a borrowed prefix attached to loanwords (マルチタスク), while 複数 is a native noun meaning 'plural/multiple' used more broadly in Japanese sentences.

Opposites

単たん数すうN2sense 2
単数 means 'singular' in grammar, the direct opposite of 複数 'plural'.
単たん一いつN1
複数 means 'multiple' or 'several', directly opposing 単一's sense of being just one.

Don't confuse with

複ふく合ごうN1
複数 means 'plural, multiple' and just refers to a quantity greater than one, whereas 複合 refers to those multiple elements being combined into a single structure.

Word family· 10

複ふく数すう形けい
plural form
複ふく数すう行ぎょう
multiple lines; several lines
複ふく数すう回かい答とう
multiple answers allowed; check all that apply
複ふく数すう文も字

Etymology

Compound of 複 (multiple) and 数 (number).

じ

multicharacter; multiple characters

複ふく数すう税ぜい率りつ

multiple tax rates

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複ふく数すう都と市し
multi-city; involving multiple cities
一いち人にん称しょう複ふく数すう
first-person plural
三さん人にん称しょう複ふく数すう
third-person plural
二に人にん称しょう複ふく数すう
second-person plural
複ふく数すうバイト文も字じ
multi-byte character