adverbial N5 common casualpolitewritten
たくさん — a lot / many
たくさん
Meaning
- a lot / many / plenty — a large quantity or amount
Key sentence
本をたくさん買った。
I bought a lot of books.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Modifying a verb (adverb) | たくさん + V | たくさん食べる (eat a lot) |
| Modifying a noun | たくさんの + N | たくさんの人 (many people) |
Examples
公園に子どもがたくさんいる。
There are a lot of children in the park.
宿題がたくさんある。
I have a lot of homework.
たくさんの観光客が訪れる。
Many tourists visit.
When you can't use it
- Used for large amounts in the affirmative. For 'not much / not many', Japanese switches to あまり〜ない, not ×たくさん〜ない.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Works both as an adverb (たくさん食べる) and as a quantity with の (たくさんの人); the の-form is the more common way to put it before a noun.
See たくさん in real sentences
Jengo shows たくさん the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.