JLPT N5 · Noun / adverb

大勢 (oozei)

大勢 (おおぜい, oozei) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “crowd of people; great number of people”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おおぜい
Romaji: oozei
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

crowd of people; great number of people · noun, noun taking の
in great numbers · adverb

Example sentences

そこには大勢の人がいた。

There was a large crowd there.

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

Kanji in 大勢

大

large, bigダイ・タイ・おお-・おお.きい · 3 strokes

勢

forces, energy, military strengthセイ・ゼイ・いきお.い・はずみ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大勢.

大人おとなadult大学だいがくuniversity大切たいせつimportant大変たいへんvery大きいおおきいbig大きなおおきなbig大使館たいしかんembassy大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe大好きだいすきliking very much大抵たいていmostly大事だいじimportant大体だいたいgenerally大分だいぶconsiderably大学生だいがくせいuniversity student

Source: JMdict entry 1414220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.