"This word has a lot of meanings."
Translation:この言葉はたくさん意味があります。
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I've searched, and it looks like the の is optional.
Here https://hinative.com/ja/questions/3380904 they say you can do that because takusan can be used like an adverb.
Jisho https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%95%E3%82%93 defines takusan as No-adjective, Na-adjective, Noun, Adverbial noun.
So I believe it's true that the の is optional.
It's like when you use a counter, you are really describing how many there /are/, so it's an adverb and doesn't need to be directly attached to the noun. See what I mean? It works the same way.
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Why not この言葉は多くの意味があります?
Or この言葉は多くの意味があります ? (accepting that 多く might be a bit too formal to go with a plain form final verb)
That was my answer. I asked my wife, who is Japanese, which is better, この言葉は意味がたくさんありますorこの言葉はたくさん意味があります。She answered - わかない！So much for getting help from a native.
This difference is very subtle and would be hard to distinguish in english also
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Maybe it's semantical, but I would translate that as "This word has many meanings," which is slightly different than "This word has a lot of meanings."
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I tried この言葉の意味がたくさんあります which has a similar meaning in my head, but I suppose it doesn't directly translate.
I tried that as well. Could anyone provide an explanation as to why it wouldn't work here?
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言葉 (ことば) can mean a word, words, a sentence, even a language. For example 彼の言葉を覚えています。(I remember his words = what he said.)
単語 (たんご) is more clear "word" but of course, it can also mean many words. For example, 単語が多すぎてわからない。(There are too many words, I don't get it.)
語彙 (ごい) is a very sophisticated word for "word" and I don't think children would understand it. The second kanji is very difficult too. However, it is still used sometimes in textbooks or so.
So word is literally language leaf. I recognise the kanji for leaf from Naruto.
