I Love Kanjiおびただしい (obitadashii)
おびただしい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “large number; innumerable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おびただしい
- Romaji
- obitadashii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast · い-adjective · usually written in kana
Example sentences
子供に少し愛情を注いで見給え、すると君におびただしい愛情が戻ってくる。
Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of おびただしい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | おびただしい | おびただしい obitadashii |
| Negative | おびただしくない | おびただしくない obitadashikunai |
| Past | おびただしかった | おびただしかった obitadashikatta |
| Negative past | おびただしくなかった | おびただしくなかった obitadashikunakatta |
| Te-form | おびただしくて | おびただしくて obitadashikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | おびただしく | おびただしく obitadashiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | おびただしければ | おびただしければ obitadashikereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1565840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.