表層形
大ぜい
オーゼー
名詞
大ぜい (オーゼー)
Oozei · おーぜー — crowd of people, great number of people; in great numbers; general situation, general trend, general tendency, way things are moving, current (of the times), tide (e.g. of public opinion)
Other ways to say “crowd of people” in Japanese →
大ぜい in rōmaji: oozei, also spelled ozei.
名詞
普通名詞
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Updated: 2026年8月11日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
大ぜい
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
大勢
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| 読み (Reading) |
オーゼー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
*
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
大ぜい
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| 読み・基本形 |
オーゼー
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| 表記・基本形 |
大ぜい
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| 見出し語の読み |
オオゼイ
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💡 English Meaning
大ぜい means “crowd of people, great number of people; in great numbers; general situation, general trend, general tendency, way things are moving, current (of the times), tide (e.g. of public opinion)” — full definition & examples →
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