Learn Japanese: takusan - many, much, a lot

Word

たくさんtakusan

Meaning

many, much, a lot

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Japanese

Lesson

Verbs in the past tense

Usages of takusan

たくさん　飲のみました。takusan nomimasita.

(He) drank a lot.

戦せん争そう　の　後あと　に　たくさん　の　ユダヤ人じん　が　カナダ　に　来き　始はじめました。sensou no ato ni takusan no yudayazin ga kanada ni ki hazimemasita.

After the war, many Jewish people began coming to Canada.

Note: the subject marker が is more appropriate than は in this context. The subject of the sentence is たくさんのユダヤ人 (many Jewish people), and in this case, が is typically used because it is introducing new, non-contrastive information.

お酒さけ　を　たくさん　飲のまないで　ください。osake wo takusan nomanaide kudasai.

Please don't drink a lot of alcohol.

東とう京きょう　で　たくさん　食たべたり、　友とも達だち　と　会あったり　します。toukyou de takusan tabetari, tomodati to attari simasu.

In Tokyo, I'll eat lots and meet my friends (etc.).

東とう京きょう　で　たくさん　食たべたり、　友とも達だち　と　会あったり　しました。toukyou de takusan tabetari, tomodati to attari simasita.

In Tokyo, I ate lots and met my friends (etc.).

もう　たくさん　です。mou takusan desu.

I've had enough.

池いけ　に　は　カエル　が　たくさん　います。ike ni ha kaeru ga takusan imasu.

In the pond, there are many frogs.

豆まめ　の　種しゅ類るい　は　たくさん　あります。mame no syurui ha takusan arimasu.

There are many types of beans.

旅りょ行こう中ちゅう　に　たくさん　の　写しゃ真しん　を　撮とりました。ryokoutyuu ni takusan no syasin wo torimasita.

I took a lot of photos during the trip.

公こう園えん　で　たくさん　の　鳥とり　を　見みました。kouen de takusan no tori wo mimasita.

I saw many birds in the park.

お弁べん当とう　に　は　たくさん　の　種しゅ類るい　が　あります。obentou ni ha takusan no syurui ga arimasu.

There are many types of boxed lunches.

The particle combination には is often used to emphasize the topic, especially when discussing existence, characteristics, or attributes related to that topic. It can be translated as as for or regarding, but often it's simply used to stress the topic being discussed.

この　クラス　に　は　たくさん　の　生せい徒と　が　います。kono kurasu ni ha takusan no seito ga imasu.

There are many students in this class.

その　レコード　に　は　有ゆう名めいな　曲きょく　が　たくさん　あります。sono rekoodo ni ha yuumeina kyoku ga takusan arimasu.

That record has many famous songs.

入にゅう院いん中ちゅう　は　たくさん　の　本ほん　を　読よみました。nyuuintyuu ha takusan no hon wo yomimasita.

I read a lot of books during my hospitalization.

この　島しま　に　は　たくさん　の　美うつくしい　ビーチ　が　あります。kono sima ni ha takusan no utukusii biiti ga arimasu.

This island has many beautiful beaches.