Illustration: A large tub of craft beads has tipped over in a Japanese community-centre activity room. Hundreds of tiny beads cover the floor, fill the grooves between stacked chair legs, and spread far beyond the small dustpan a volunteer is holding.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

おびただしい

obitadashii

enormous in number

Example sentences

  1. 駅えきの近ちかくの歩道ほどうには何処どこに行いってもおびただしい数かずの自転車じてんしゃが放置ほうちされているのが見みかけられる。

    Wherever you go, you see a lot of bicycles left on sidewalks near stations.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. おびただしい数かずの人々ひとびとが集あつまってきていた。

    People were gathering in a huge mass.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今年ことしは、おびただしい数かずの害虫がいちゅうが発生はっせいして、農作物のうさくもつに多大ただいな被害ひがいが起おきた。

    An enormous number of insects hatched this year, wreaking havoc on crops.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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