重い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *onpo.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「重い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 重く もく
Terminal (終止形) 重い もい

Attributive (連体形) 重い もい
Key constructions
Informal negative 重くない もくな
Informal past 重かった かった
Informal negative past 重くなかった もくなかった
Formal 重いです いです
Conjunctive 重くて くて
Conditional 重ければ ければ

Adjective

(おも) (omoi-i (adverbial (おも) (omoku))

  1. heavy
    Antonym: 軽い (karui)
    (おも)くて()()げられない
    omokute mochiagerarenai
    too heavy for one to lift
  2. (computing, of computers or programs) sluggish; slow
  3. (computing, of computer networks) congested; having poor performance
    (かい)(せん)(おも)
    kaisen ga omoi
    the networks are congested
  4. (computing, of files) large
    (おも)データを(おく)
    omoi dēta o okuru
    to transfer large amounts of data

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References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN