表層形
多し
オーシ
形容詞
多し (オーシ)
Ooshi · おーし — many, numerous, a lot; large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much; frequent, common
Other ways to say “many” in Japanese →
多し in rōmaji: ooshi, also spelled oshi.
形容詞
一般
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📝 多い 🔤 文語形容詞-ク 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月11日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
多し
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
多い
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| 読み (Reading) |
オーシ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
文語形容詞-ク
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
多し
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| 読み・基本形 |
オーシ
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| 表記・基本形 |
多し
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| 見出し語の読み |
オオイ
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💡 English Meaning
多し means “many, numerous, a lot; large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much; frequent, common” — full definition & examples →
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オーシ
Lemma: 多い
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
多いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
多くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
多かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
多くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
多く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
多ければ
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Did you know · 形容詞
形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (多し) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (多い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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