大量|たいりょうtairyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, no-adjectivelarge quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
   日本にっぽんは紙かみを大量たいりょうに消費しょうひする。↗

   Japan consumes a lot of paper.

• Synonym豊富ほうふNeutralA noun for abundance in variety or amount, with a favorable nuance, as in 「経験豊富」; 「大量」 stresses quantity and bulk lots.
• SynonymたくさんNeutralMeans 'a lot' and is the most common everyday, colloquial choice; 「大量」 sounds like bulk quantity or batches.
• Synonym膨大ぼうだいWrittenA written-style word for vast, enormous amounts, as in 「膨大なデータ」; emphasizes huge scale rather than bulk lots.
• Synonym多量たりょうWrittenA written-style noun for large quantity, as in 「多量出血」; stresses the amount or volume, and reads more formal than 「大量」.
• Synonym多いおおいNeutralAn adjective for 'many' or 'much' and the most common everyday word; judges whether a number or amount is large, not bulk or batches.
• Synonym多くおおくNeutralA noun/adverb for 'many' or 'the majority', common in both speech and writing, as in 「多くの人」; 「大量」 stresses bulk and batches.
• SynonymふんだんNeutralAn adjectival noun for amounts so plentiful there is plenty to spare, as in 「ふんだんな食材」「ふんだんに使う」; 「大量」 only says the amount is large.
• SynonymぎょうさんCasualA Kansai-area dialect word for 'a great many', also suggesting exaggeration or grandiosity; strongly regional flavor.
• Synonym浩瀚こうかんWrittenA written-style noun for books that are voluminous — many volumes or pages; limited to books, unlike general-purpose 「大量」.
• SynonymあまたWrittenA literary, archaic-flavored word for 'many', as in 「数多の困難」; written elegance unlike the plain 「大量」.
• SynonymうんとCasualA colloquial adverb meaning 'a great deal' or doing something with real effort; everyday spoken word, unlike the noun 「大量」.
• SynonymふんだんにNeutralAn adverb for 'abundantly, lavishly' — using or giving to the full with a touch of luxury; 「大量」 merely states a large amount.
• Related十分じゅうぶんNeutralMeans 'enough, sufficient' — the focus is on being adequate for the need, with no sense of bulk or batches as with 「大量」.
• Related潤沢じゅんたくWrittenA written-style word for ample funds, goods or resources, as in 「潤沢な資金」; typically about money and supplies.
• Related豊潤ほうじゅんWrittenA written-style word for rich, mellow abundance, as in 「豊潤な香り」; stresses moist ripeness rather than quantity.
• Antonym少量しょうりょうNeutralThe antonym: a noun for a small quantity, as in 「少量の塩」; the direct opposite of 「大量」.

Use 「大量」 for large quantities or batches, as in 「大量生産」「大量の荷物」. For everyday 'a lot' pick 「沢山」 or 「多い」; for huge scale 「膨大」; for rich variety 「豊富」; for ample, more-than-enough supply 「ふんだん」「潤沢」; for small amounts 「少量」.

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1. 量りょうの多おおいこと。また、そのさま。