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沢山

たくさん

a lot, plenty

Mnemonic

A marsh, and then an entire mountain sat on top of it, which is a good deal more of the stuff than anybody needs. A taco たく for every san さん in the building: たくさん.

Worth knowing

You will nearly always see this one spelled たくさん rather than with its characters. 多い おおい describes a noun as numerous, where 沢山 counts the amount. 十分 じゅうぶん is plenty as in enough.

Built from

marsh, plenty
氵 water + 尺 measure
mountain
Three peaks. One of the plainest pictographs there is.

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