Meaning of 大量 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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大量
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Kana Readingたいりょう
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Romajitairyō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
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Example Sentences
大量, たいりょう used in context
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The police seized a large quantity of drugs at the school.
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ネットワークの発達で、かつてないほど大量の文が世界中を駆け巡っています。
With the development of networks a huge and unprecedented volume of messages flies around the world.
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病院に長期入院する患者向けの療養病床が七月以降激減し、「介護・医療難民」が大量発生する事態が危ぐされています。
Chronic care beds for patients long stay patients will be drastically cut from July, a state where many people will be cut off from nursing and treatment is feared.
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実は、大量の資料を持ってくるのは、反論させないための姑息な手段である。
Actually that I bring a huge volume of reference material with me is a makeshift way of preventing people from disputing my case.
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After being exposed to a large amount of radiation, vomiting and diarrhea will start quickly.
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Massive amounts of carbon dioxide are generated every day.
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Kanji found in this word
quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
On: リョウ
Kun: はか.る
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