多量|たりょうtaryou[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjective, na-adjectivelarge quantity; large amount
   その車くるまは多量たりょうの燃料ねんりょうを消費しょうひする。↗

   The car consumes a lot of fuel.

• SynonymたくさんNeutralThe most colloquial, everyday word; covers both count and amount, and can also mean enough or fed up with something. 「多量」 is more written and only speaks of quantity.
• Synonym多くおおくNeutralCovers both number and amount, and also means 'the greater part', as in 「多くの人」; 「多量」 focuses on sheer amount.
• Synonym大量たいりょうNeutralClosest synonym and the more common of the two, as in 「大量生産」. 「多量」 turns up especially often in medical and chemical contexts, as in 「出血多量」.
• Synonym膨大ぼうだいNeutralAstonishingly huge in number or scale, as in 「膨大なデータ」; a stronger word than 「多量」.
• Synonym多大ただいWrittenWritten/formal prose; modifies abstract nouns like damage, influence or contribution, as in 「多大な影響」. 「多量」 is about sheer quantity.
• Related多数たすうNeutralAbout how many: many people or things, and also the majority. 「多量」 is about volume or amount, not headcount.
• Related豊富ほうふNeutralRich or plentiful in resources, experience and the like, with a positive ring; 「多量」 is a neutral 'large amount'.
• Related潤沢じゅんたくWrittenWritten/formal prose; describes ample funds or supplies, as in 「潤沢な資金」, with a sense of having more than enough.
• Related山積みやまづみNeutralPiled up like a mountain, literally or for problems and work that keep stacking up; vivid and colloquial.
• Related山盛りやまもりNeutralFood served in a heaping mound that rises above the dish, as in 「ご飯を山盛りにする」; colloquial.
• RelatedあまたWrittenWritten/formal prose; an archaic word for 'numerous', as in 「数多の」; found mostly in literature.
• RelatedふんだんNeutralAmple and used generously or lavishly, as in 「ふんだんに使う」; carries a positive coloring.
• Related浩瀚こうかんWrittenWritten/formal prose; reserved for books and other written works that are voluminous or run to many pages.
• Antonym少量しょうりょうNeutralA small quantity or amount — the direct opposite of 「多量」.
• Antonym微量びりょうNeutralA tiny, trace-like amount, common in chemistry and medicine, as in 「微量元素」; the opposite of 「多量」.

For everyday 'a lot' say 「たくさん」; in writing 「大量」 is the usual word for large amounts. 「多量」 means the same and is especially common in medical and chemical contexts like 「出血多量」. 「多数」 counts things, 「多く」 also means 'most', 「膨大」 stresses staggering scale, 「多大」 goes with abstract nouns like influence, 「豊富」 and 「ふんだん」 suggest rich plenty. Opposites: 「少量」, 「微量」.

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1. 量りょうが多おおいこと。また、そのさま。