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重い

おもい

Readings

おもい

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adj-iheavy; weighty
  2. 2.
    adj-iheavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
  3. 3.
    adj-islow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
  4. 4.
    adj-iimportant (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave
  5. 5.
    adj-iserious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical
  6. 6.
    adj-isolid; established; dignified; sensible

Kanji breakdown

重
N39 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

体積が大きいからといって常に重量も重いとは限らない。

Great bulk does not always mean great weight.

前途に苦難があるという思いで彼の心は重かった。

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed his spirits.

私はそんな重い責任を引き受けたくない。

I don't like to take on such heavy responsibilities.

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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