Nihoner

多かおうかん

おうかん · ookan

JLPT N5 i-adjective 連体形

is the form before a noun of 多し — many, numerous, a lot.

  • large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much
  • frequent, common
Classical Japanese — you’ll mostly meet it in older texts and set phrases
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How it’s built

多し 多か

Form before a noun (). In modern Japanese it looks like the plain form; it sits right before a noun: 食べる人 (a person who eats).

This spelling is the version with ん (sound change before で/だ): 読ん → 読んで.

多し is a classical japanese conjugation, so it follows that pattern.

Other forms and spellings

多かれ多けれ多からう多からふ多から多し多かり多き多かん多かる多ふ
form before a noun of 多し