🇯🇵 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 attemp…

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.

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