JLPT N2 · い-adjective

重たい (omotai)

重たい (おもたい, omotai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “heavy; weighty”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おもたい
Romaji: omotai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

heavy; weighty · い-adjective
heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy; depressing · い-adjective

Example sentences

その箱は重たくて運べません。

The box is too heavy to carry.

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

Conjugation of 重たい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	重たい	おもたい omotai
Negative	重たくない	おもたくない omotakunai
Past	重たかった	おもたかった omotakatta
Negative past	重たくなかった	おもたくなかった omotakunakatta
Te-form	重たくて	おもたくて omotakute
Adverb (~ku)	重たく	おもたく omotaku
Conditional (~ba)	重たければ	おもたければ omotakereba

Kanji in 重たい

重

heavy, important, esteemジュウ・チョウ・え・おも.い · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 重たい.

重いおもいheavy重視じゅうしregarding as important重体じゅうたいserious condition重大じゅうだいserious重要じゅうようimportant慎重しんちょうcareful貴重きちょうprecious尊重そんちょうrespect体重たいじゅう(body) weight重なるかさなるto be piled up重ねるかさねるto pile up厳重げんじゅうstrict重点じゅうてんimportant point重役じゅうやく(company) director

Source: JMdict entry 1335780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.