JLPT N5 · い-adjective

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.

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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

多

many, frequent, muchタ・おお.い・まさ.に · 6 strokes

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.