どっさり

どっさり
adverb
in heaps; in abundance; a whole lot
1. in heaps; in abundance; a whole lot; piles of
Describes a large quantity or amount of something, often with a visual image of things being piled up or accumulated.
荷物(にもつ)がどっさり(とど)いた。
A huge pile of packages arrived.
野菜(やさい)をどっさり()ってきた。
I bought a whole lot of vegetables.
旅行(りょこう)から(かえ)ると、(つくえ)(うえ)書類(しょるい)がどっさり()まれていた。
When I returned from my trip, documents were piled up in heaps on my desk.

A mimetic adverb expressing a large quantity of something, often with the connotation of being physically heaped or piled up. Conveys the impression of an overwhelming or surprising amount.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • どっさり(とど)く: to arrive in large quantities
  • どっさり()む: to pile up in heaps
  • どっさり()う: to buy a whole lot
  • 仕事(しごと)がどっさり: heaps of work

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • たっぷり: plenty, generously — emphasizes sufficiency, often positive
  • たくさん: a lot, many — the standard neutral word for large quantity
  • がっぽり: in large amounts — typically for money or profits
  • ごっそり: the whole lot — implies taking everything at once

REGISTER:
Informal and colloquial. Often used in spoken Japanese to emphasize quantity with a vivid, slightly exaggerated tone.