重い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重
おも
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "重い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 重く おもく [òmókú]
Terminal (終止形) 重い おもい
おも​い
[òmóí]
[òmóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 重い おもい [òmóí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 重くない おもくな​い [òmókúnáꜜì]
Informal past 重かった おも​かった [òmóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 重くなかった おもくな​かった [òmókúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 重いです おも​いです [òmóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 重くて おも​くて [òmóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 重ければ おも​ければ [òmóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

重(おも)い • (omoi) -i (adverbial 重(おも)く (omoku))

  1. heavy
    重(おも)くて持(も)ち上(あ)げられない
    omokute mochiagerarenai
    too heavy for one to lift
  2. (computing, of computers or programs) sluggish; slow
    • 2019,
      急(きゅう)にchrome(クローム)が重(おも)くなった。起(き)動(どう)も重(おも)い、タブを開(ひら)くのも、切(き)り替(か)えるのも重(おも)い、WEB(ウェブ)ページを読(よ)み込(こ)むのも重(おも)い。
      Kyū ni Kurōmu ga omokunatta. Kidō mo omoi, tabu o hiraku no mo, kirikaeru no mo omoi, webu pēji o yomikomu no mo omoi.
      My Chrome has suddenly become laggy. It takes forever to start up. Opening and switching tabs takes forever. Loading web pages also takes forever.
  3. (computing, of computer networks) congested; having poor performance
    回線(かいせん)が重(おも)い
    kaisen ga omoi
    the networks are congested
  4. (computing, of files) large
    重(おも)いデータを送(おく)る
    omoi dēta o okuru
    to transfer large amounts of data

Inflection

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References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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