重い
おもい · omoi
Heavy, weighty
- heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy
- slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy
- important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave
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Example sentences
配達員は重い段ボール箱を両手で抱えて運んできた。
はいたついんはおもいだんぼーるばこをりょうてでかかえてはこんできた。
The delivery person carried the heavy cardboard box with both arms.
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 重くないおもくない |
| Past (た形) | 重かったおもかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 重くなかったおもくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 重くておもくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 重くおもく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 重いおもい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 重ければおもければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 重かったらおもかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 重くなるおもくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 重すぎるおもすぎる |
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What does 重い mean?
Heavy, weighty. It can also mean: heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy; slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy; important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave.
How do you pronounce 重い?
おもい (omoi). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 重い?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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