No. 3,523 in Japanese
膨大
Immense; enormous; vast.
In a sentence
そのプロジェクトには膨大な資金が必要です。
That project requires an enormous amount of funding.
The word 膨大 (bōdai) is used here as an adjective to describe the large size or extent of the budget required for the project.
膨大な資料を整理するのは大変でした。
It was challenging to organize the voluminous materials.
In this sentence, 膨大 (bōdai) modifies the noun 資料 (shiryō), indicating the great quantity of the documents requiring organization.
細胞が分裂を繰り返し、膨大な数となる。
Cells repeatedly divide, resulting in a colossal number.
Here, 膨大 (bōdai) is used to express the significant number that is generated through the repeated division of cells.
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