たいりょう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
Pitch accent
いりょう
Composed of
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
large order; bulk order
extinction event; mass extinction
mass-killing; mass-murder; bloodbath
large-scale issue (e.g. of bonds); large circulation
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
mass communication
Examples (21 in total)
He consumes an enormous amount of liquor.
We import a large quantity of food.
Massive amounts of carbon dioxide are generated every day.