► 名詞
大勢 [(3)おおぜい] meaning: people rank: 2
☆ 花見に大勢の人達が訪れた ⇨ Many people visited to see the cherry blossom (☛ A lot of people)
大勢 [たいせい] meaning: situation rank: 4
☆ 戦争の大勢は決した ⇨ The outcome of the war has largely been determined
☆ この地方選挙での敗戦は大勢に影響無い ⇨ The loss in this local election won’t affect the big picture (☛ The way things are going in at the macro level)
大勢 [たいせい] meaning: trend rank: 4
☆ 世の中の大勢 ⇨ The general trend of the society
More examples:
- 会社は大勢の社員をバッサリ解雇した ⇨ The company laid off many employees (all at once)
- 大勢の客が店にどやどやと入ってきた ⇨ A big group of customers walked into the store noisily
- 大勢の買い物客が店に詰めかけた ⇨ A throng of shoppers gathered at the store
- 大勢の人が行方不明の子供を捜索した ⇨ Many people searched for the missing child
- 大勢の人が折り重なって死んでいた ⇨ Many people were lying dead on top of each other
- 彼には何処に行くにも大勢の取巻きが付いて回る ⇨ Wherever he goes a huge entourage follows him around
- 大勢が特売品を争って買う ⇨ Many people fight to buy special sales items
- その戦闘で戦争の大勢は決した ⇨ The big picture of the war was determined by that battle