populous

人口の多い

国や地域に住んでいる人の数が多い。

やさしい英語で： A country or place like this has a large number of people living there.

• It is a populous country.
• The capital is the nation's most populous city.
• Several populous states supported the proposal.

類義語： heavily populated

よく使う表現： populous country, populous city, most populous state

人口密度の高い

狭い範囲に多くの人が集まって住んでいる。

やさしい英語で： A place like this has many people living close together.

• They live in a populous district.
• The river passes through a populous valley.
• New housing spread across this already populous region.

類義語： densely populated

反対語： sparsely populated

よく使う表現： populous district, populous region, populous neighborhood

話者の多い

ある言語を話す人の数が多い。

やさしい英語で： A language like this is spoken by a large number of people.

• The survey compares several populous languages.
• A populous language may have many regional forms.
• The report ranks populous languages by their numbers of native speakers.

類義語： widely spoken

よく使う表現： populous language, most populous languages

人でいっぱいの、混雑した

集まった大勢の人で混み合っている。

やさしい英語で： Full of people gathered together.

• They crossed the populous square.
• By noon, the market was populous and noisy.
• She sought a quiet corner beyond the populous hall.

類義語： crowded, busy

反対語： empty, deserted

よく使う表現： populous street, populous market, populous hall