多勢|たぜいtazei[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungreat numbers; numerical superiority
   その干かんばつの間あいだに多勢たぜいの農民のうみんが死しんだ。↗

   Many peasants died during the drought.

• Related大勢おおぜいNeutralThe everyday word for a large number of people; 「多勢」 stresses numerical superiority, as in 「多勢に無勢」.
• Antonym無勢ぶぜいNeutralBeing few in number and weak for it; the standard counterpart to 「多勢」 in the set phrase 「多勢に無勢」.
• Antonym少数しょうすうNeutralA small number or a minority; the opposite of having strength in numbers.

For 'many people' in everyday speech use 「大勢」. 「多勢」 belongs to written prose and stresses numerical superiority, as in 「多勢に無勢」 and 「多勢を頼む」.

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1. 多おおくの人ひと達たち。大勢おおぜい。