たくさん

たくさん

adverb

a lot, many

1. a lot, many, much

A large amount or number.

本(ほん)がたくさんあります。

There are many books.

たくさん食(た)べました。

I ate a lot.

友達(ともだち)がたくさんいます。

I have many friends.

たくさんの人(ひと)が来(き)ました。

Many people came.

たくさんの + noun pattern

旅行(りょこう)でたくさんの写真(しゃしん)を撮(と)りました。いい思(おも)い出(で)がたくさんできました。

I took many photos on the trip. I made many good memories.

たくさん expresses a large quantity, usable as both adverb and noun.

Common patterns

As adverb: たくさん食(た)べる (eat a lot)
As noun: たくさんの人(ひと) (many people)
With が: たくさんがある is less common; use たくさんある
たくさんある/いる: there are many
たくさん〜する: do something a lot
たくさんの〜: many/much (noun modifier)

Usage

Can modify both countable and uncountable nouns.

Similar words

多(おお)い: many (adjective, cannot directly modify nouns: ×多(おお)い人(ひと))
いっぱい: full, lots (more casual)
大量(たいりょう)の: large quantity of (formal)
少(すこ)し: a little
ちょっと: a bit (casual)

Related Words

Antonym: 少(すこ)し (a little, a few)

Synonym: 一杯(いっぱい) (full, lots (casual))

Compare: 多(おお)い (many (adjective, cannot directly modify…)

Compare: ちょっと (a bit)

Related: 夥(おびただ)しい (numerous)

Compare: 数々(かずかず) (many, numerous, a great number of)

Compare: 数多(かずおお)く (many, a great number of, numerous)

Compare: 数多(あまた) (many)

Compare: 大量(たいりょう)に (in large quantities)

Compare: どっさり (in heaps)

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