Vocabulary

What does 沢山 (たくさん, takusan) mean?

沢山 (たくさん, takusan) means a lot, many (adverb: たくさん食べる to eat a lot).

Quick facts
Readingたくさん
Romajitakusan
Part of speechno-adjective, na-adjective, noun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
たくさん
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommontakusan

a lot, many (adverb: たくさん食べる to eat a lot)

  1. 1no-adjective · na-adjective · noun a lot; lots; plenty
  2. 2no-adjective · na-adjective · noun enough; sufficient
  3. 3noun suffix enough; too many; too much

Example sentences

  • I read a lot of books.

  • There is a lot of fruit at the shop.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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