JLPT N1 · い-adjective

おおい (ooi)

おおい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “many; numerous”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おおい
Romaji
ooi
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. many; numerous; a lot · い-adjective
  2. large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much · い-adjective
  3. frequent; common · い-adjective

Example sentences

20代の若い女性の中には、夏休みに海外旅行にでたいと思う人も多い。
Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of おおい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Presentおおいおおい ooi
Negativeおおくないおおくない ookunai
Pastおおかったおおかった ookatta
Negative pastおおくなかったおおくなかった ookunakatta
Te-formおおくておおくて ookute
Adverb (~ku)おおくおおく ooku
Conditional (~ba)おおければおおければ ookereba

Source: JMdict entry 1407460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.