JLPT N5 · い-adjective

重い (omoi)

重い (おもい, omoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “heavy; weighty”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おもい
Romaji: omoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

heavy; weighty · い-adjective
heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy · い-adjective
slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy · い-adjective
important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave · い-adjective
serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical · い-adjective

Example sentences

体積が大きいからといって常に重量も重いとは限らない。

Great bulk does not always mean great weight.

Tatoeba #137970

前途に苦難があるという思いで彼の心は重かった。

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed his spirits.

Tatoeba #140940

私はそんな重い責任を引き受けたくない。

I don't like to take on such heavy responsibilities.

Tatoeba #159644

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

Conjugation of 重い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	重い	おもい omoi
Negative	重くない	おもくない omokunai
Past	重かった	おもかった omokatta
Negative past	重くなかった	おもくなかった omokunakatta
Te-form	重くて	おもくて omokute
Adverb (~ku)	重く	おもく omoku
Conditional (~ba)	重ければ	おもければ omokereba

Kanji in 重い

重

heavy, important, esteemジュウ・チョウ・え・おも.い · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 重い.

重視じゅうしregarding as important重体じゅうたいserious condition重大じゅうだいserious重要じゅうようimportant慎重しんちょうcareful貴重きちょうprecious尊重そんちょうrespect体重たいじゅう(body) weight重なるかさなるto be piled up重ねるかさねるto pile up厳重げんじゅうstrict重点じゅうてんimportant point重役じゅうやく(company) director重量じゅうりょうweight

Source: JMdict entry 1335750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.