重い
おもい
Meanings
- い-adjective heavy; weighty Antonym: 軽い (かるい).
- heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
- slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
- important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave
- serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical
- solid; established; dignified; sensible
- heavy (shape or stones) (i.e.: solid stones that must be defended rather than sacrificed, despite the high cost of doing so) See also: 軽い (かるい).
Kanji
- 重 heavy. Read as おもい.
Example sentences
- 金は鉄より重い。
Gold is heavier than iron. - 金は水よりずっと重い。
Gold is far heavier than water. - 金は銀より重い。
Gold is heavier than silver. - 今までに重い病気にかかったことがありますか。
Have you ever had any serious illness? - 荷物は重すぎて運転手は１人では運べなかった。
The load was too heavy for a driver to carry alone.
Common phrases
- 重い障害
- 重い荷物
- 重い病気
- 重い負担
- 重い病
- 重い処分
- 重い症状
- 重い刑罰
- 荷が重い (にがおもい) to have a lot on one's shoulders
- 重い刑
- 重い腰を上げる (おもいこしをあげる) to get off one's backside
- 重いやけど
- 重い罪 (おもいつみ) serious crime
- 重い腰
- 気が重い (きがおもい) heavy-hearted
Words containing 重い
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