無数|むすうmusuu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- no-adjective, na-adjectiveinnumerable; countless; numberless
Conjugation
| Plain form | 無数（むすう） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 無数です（むすうです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 無数ではない（むすうではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 無数ではありません（むすうではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 無数だった（むすうだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 無数ではなかった（むすうではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 無数で（むすうで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 無数に（むすうに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 無数なら（むすうなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym計り知れないはかりしれないNeutralMeans impossible to measure or estimate, as in 「計り知れない影響」; stresses great depth or degree rather than count.
- Related無限むげんNeutralRefers to having no end or limit, as in 「無限の可能性」; stresses endlessness in degree, while 「無数」 stresses a number too large to count.
- Related限りないかぎりないWrittenWritten/formal prose with a literary flavor; means boundless or unlimited, as in 「限りない愛」「限りない可能性」.
- Related果てしないはてしないNeutralDescribes what has no end in sight, as in 「果てしない砂漠」; leans toward boundlessness in space or time rather than number.
- Related無尽蔵むじんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose; means an inexhaustible supply, as in 「無尽蔵の資源」; focuses on resources that never run out.
- Related無制限むせいげんNeutralMeans unrestricted, as in 「無制限に使える」; leans toward no limits set by rules, not sheer quantity.
- Related果てしがないはてしがないNeutralMeans having no end, as in 「果てしがない議論」; synonymous with 「果てしない」.
- Related無窮むきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose with a solemn tone; means eternal and infinite, as in 「天壌無窮」.
- Related広大無辺こうだいむへんWrittenWritten idiom for vastness without bounds; can describe land, oceans, the universe, and the like.
- RelatedきりのないNeutralMeans never-ending, as in 「言い出したらきりがない」; leans toward things that never get finished.
- Related無限大むげんだいNeutralRefers to infinity in mathematics; also used figuratively for limitless possibility.
- Antonym少数しょうすうNeutralA small number or few; the opposite of 「無数」, which suggests more than can be counted.
- AntonymわずかNeutralMeans just a little or only a few; the opposite of 「無数」.
Use 「無数」 for amounts too many to count, as in 「無数の星」. For endlessness say 「無限」, for no end in sight 「果てしない」, for an inexhaustible supply 「無尽蔵」. The opposites are 「少数」 and 「僅か」.
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