In Japanese, "heavy" is 重い (Omoi). It is a adjective pronounced "oh-moh-ee".
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重い is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Omoi, it sounds roughly like "oh-moh-ee" to an English ear.
このカバンはとても重いです。
Kono kaban wa totemo omoi desu.
This bag is very heavy.
Omoi (重い) is an i-adjective meaning heavy or serious. It describes physical weight as well as heavy topics, serious illnesses, and burdensome feelings. Its opposite is karui (light).
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Buy on Steam重い is romanised as Omoi. Say it roughly like "oh-moh-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
重い is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
重い is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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