JLPT N2 · な-adjective

無数 (musuu)

無数 (むすう, musuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “innumerable; countless”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むすう
Romaji: musuu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

innumerable; countless; numberless · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

顧みられぬ無数の漂流者が家を求めてる。

A hundred billion castaways are looking for a home.

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

Conjugation of 無数

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	無数だ	むすうだ musuuda
Present (polite)	無数です	むすうです musuudesu
Negative	無数じゃない	むすうじゃない musuujanai
Past	無数だった	むすうだった musuudatta
Negative past	無数じゃなかった	むすうじゃなかった musuujanakatta
Te-form	無数で	むすうで musuude
Before a noun	無数な	むすうな musuuna
Adverb (~ni)	無数に	むすうに musuuni

Kanji in 無数

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

数

number, strength, fateスウ・ス・かず・かぞ.える · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無数.

無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while

Source: JMdict entry 1530280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.