🇯🇵 How to say

“heavy” in Japanese

重いおもい
Illustration of "heavy" in a Japanese cultural setting
A person struggles to lift a large cardboard box filled with books, their arms straining under its weight as they attempt to carry it up a flight of stairs.

Usage note

Use 重い to describe physical weight, like heavy objects, or metaphorically for serious feelings—like a heavy heart—making it useful in both everyday and emotional contexts.

Examples

  • このかばんはとてもおもいです。

    This bag is very heavy.

  • あのいすがおもくて動かせません。

    That chair is heavy and I can't move it.

  • おもいスーツケースを持って旅行しました。

    I traveled with a heavy suitcase.

Quick check

What does "重い" mean?

  • A. heavy
  • B. bright
  • C. far
  • D. dark

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