Many or Much

by Nao

oo-i (ō-i), ta

You can use the adjective ōi as a predicative adjective as “many” in “my hobbies are many” -watashi no shumi wa ōi. “Watashi no” means my and shumi means hobby. Wa is a particle indicating that the previous phrase is the subject.

“There is a lot of something” can be translated as “nanika (something) ga ōi.” Here are a few examples.

• Hito ga ōi means, “there are a lot of people.”
• Ame ga ōi means, “there is a lot of rain.”
• Midori ga ōi means, “there is a lot of greenery.”

These sentences are also translated as “ōkuno nanika (something) ga aru.” This means that an attributive form of the adjective including this character is translated as ōkuno. “A lot of” maybe the suitable meaning of ōkuno.

When this character is in compounds, we read this “ta.” Somebody who has a lot of accomplishments and is resourceful is described as tageitasai, in which today’s character appears twice. Tasai means many talents.

1. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
2. Draw the hook. The sweeping stroke is parallel to the first stroke.
3. Draw the dot between the sweeping strokes.
4. Draw the sweeping stroke under the previous stroke.
5. Draw the hook. The sweeping part is again parallel to the fourth stroke.
6. Draw the dot.