When customers and mistakes are both 'many'

Where the picture shows up in 多い

1. 1

   many people

   週末はお客さんが多いです。

   shūmatsu wa okyakusan ga ōi desu

   We get a lot of customers on weekends.

   A line out to the door and not one empty chair in the shop

   多い normally comes after the noun, as in 人が多い, not before it.

2. 2

   frequent

   ミスが多いので気をつけます。

   misu ga ōi node ki o tsuke-masu

   I make a lot of mistakes, so I'll be careful.

   A calendar with red circles marked one after another

3. 3

   a large amount

   ご飯の量が多すぎます。

   gohan no ryō ga ō-sugi-masu

   That's too much rice.

   Rice mounded above the bowl so the chopsticks won't rest on it

4. 4

   there was a lot of it

   今月は残業が多かったです。

   kongetsu wa zangyō ga ōkatta desu

   There was a lot of overtime this month.

   A month's timesheet with the night-hour boxes filled in solid black

5. 5

   often the case

   電話で済むことが多いです。

   denwa de sumu koto ga ōi desu

   A phone call usually settles it.

   Eight out of ten items tagged with a telephone symbol

   〜ことが多い is the everyday way to say 'it's usually like that'.