JLPT N1 · な-adjective

多様 (tayou)

多様 (たよう, tayou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “diverse; various”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たよう
Romaji: tayou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

diverse; various · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

ここでは多様な民族的・経済的利害関係がみられる。

We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.

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

Conjugation of 多様

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	多様だ	たようだ tayouda
Present (polite)	多様です	たようです tayoudesu
Negative	多様じゃない	たようじゃない tayoujanai
Past	多様だった	たようだった tayoudatta
Negative past	多様じゃなかった	たようじゃなかった tayoujanakatta
Te-form	多様で	たようで tayoude
Before a noun	多様な	たような tayouna
Adverb (~ni)	多様に	たように tayouni

Kanji in 多様

多

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

様

Esq., way, mannerヨウ・ショウ・さま・さん · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 多様.

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多忙たぼうbeing very busy多数決たすうけつmajority decision幾多いくたmany様さまMr様ようappearing ...様々さまざまvarious王様おうさまking模様もようpattern様子ようすstate (of affairs)同様どうようsame

Source: JMdict entry 1408100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.