多い (ooi)
多い (おおい, ooi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “many; numerous”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おおい
- Romaji
- ooi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- many; numerous; a lot · い-adjective
- large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much · い-adjective
- 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 多い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 多い | おおい ooi |
| Negative | 多くない | おおくない ookunai |
| Past | 多かった | おおかった ookatta |
| Negative past | 多くなかった | おおくなかった ookunakatta |
| Te-form | 多くて | おおくて ookute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 多く | おおく ooku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 多ければ | おおければ ookereba |
Kanji in 多い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 多い.
多分たぶんprobably多少たしょうa little滅多にめったにrarely多忙たぼうbeing very busy多様たようdiverse多数決たすうけつmajority decision幾多いくたmany
Source: JMdict entry 1407460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.