たすう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. large number (of); many
A large number of people had gathered.
Noun
2. majority
Therefore, the majority is against it.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
multi-
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
great majority
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
unspecified large number (of people)
Examples (22 in total)
A large number of people had gathered.
A crowd of people gathered in the street.
Numerous stars were visible in the sky.
A number of students are absent today.
The enemy is numerous, while our side is few.
Therefore, the majority is against it.
There was a multiple collision on the highway.
Again, a large number of people are fleeing.
He has quite a few friends.
He has written a number of exciting detective stories.
Many famous people are behind the movement.
He was chosen out of a number of applicants.
So this technique is meant for fighting many opponents at once.
Recently numerous groups have offered counsel.
Medical ones seem to make up the majority.
The victory was won at the cost of many lives.
After the conflict there were many dead on both sides.
It has a great many words borrowed from foreign languages.
In America, scores of free agents switch teams every year.
After asking everyone, those who supported the former were the majority.
Because of that virus, many elephants lost their lives.
I see, if it's there, you probably won't need to go around to a large number of stores.