1〔数量が多いこと〕たくさんの 〔数〕many ((things, persons)),《文》 many a ((thing, person)) (▼単数扱い),a good [great] many, a large number of ((things, persons)) (▼複数扱い),《口》 lots of ((things, persons));〔量〕much, plenty of, a good [great] deal of, a large quantity of,《口》 lots of(▼口語では manyや(特に)muchは肯定文にはあまり用いず,否定文,疑問文,条件文などに用いる.肯定文では代わりに〔量・数〕a lot of, lots of, plenty of;〔量〕a great deal of;〔数〕a large number ofを用いる.ただし肯定文でも主語を修飾する場合や,as, so, tooなどに続く場合にはmuch, manyが用いられる)
友達はたくさんいますか
Do you have many [a lot of] friends?
できるだけたくさんの本を読みたい
I want to read as many books as I can.
この山には野猿がたくさんいる
There are 「a great many [a lot of/a large number of] wild monkeys on this mountain.
この作者についてはあまりたくさんのことは言われていない
Not much has been said about this author.
あまりたくさん飲むと体に悪い
Too much drinking is bad for your health.
今日は宿題がたくさんある
We have 「a lot [lots] of homework today.
まだ時間がたくさんある
We have plenty of time yet.
2〔十分〕
この仕事には2週間もあればたくさんだ
Two weeks will be enough for this job.
エコノミークラスでたくさんです
Economy class will be good enough for me.
お前の馬鹿話はもうたくさんだ
「I've had enough of [I'm fed up with] your silly chatter.
もうたくさんです
〔料理などをすすめられたときに〕Thank you, I've had plenty./No more, thank you.