JLPT N1 · な-adjective

多忙 (tabou)

多忙 (たぼう, tabou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “being very busy; busyness”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たぼう
Romaji: tabou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

being very busy; busyness · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の

Example sentences

たとえ多忙でも彼は来るだろう。

Even if he is busy, he will come.

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

Conjugation of 多忙

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	多忙だ	たぼうだ tabouda
Present (polite)	多忙です	たぼうです taboudesu
Negative	多忙じゃない	たぼうじゃない taboujanai
Past	多忙だった	たぼうだった taboudatta
Negative past	多忙じゃなかった	たぼうじゃなかった taboujanakatta
Te-form	多忙で	たぼうで taboude
Before a noun	多忙な	たぼうな tabouna
Adverb (~ni)	多忙に	たぼうに tabouni

Kanji in 多忙

多

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

忙

busy, occupied, restlessボウ・モウ・いそが.しい・せわ.しい · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 多忙.

多いおおいmany多分たぶんprobably多少たしょうa little滅多にめったにrarely多様たようdiverse多数決たすうけつmajority decision幾多いくたmany忙しいいそがしいbusy

Source: JMdict entry 1408040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.