Expressions ご 多た 分ぶん に 漏も れず as is usual; like many others; being no exception Kanji 分 part, minute of time, segment 御 honorable, manipulate, govern 他 other, another, the others Related words 多た 数すう 派は 多数派 is a neutral term for 'majority group', while ご多分 is used in the fixed expression ご多分に漏れず to mean 'as is common'.
大おお 方かた 大方 means 'mostly' or 'the majority', but is an adverb/noun used more broadly; ご多分 is limited to the set phrase.
Written forms ご 多た 分ぶん
Standard spelling; the most common written form.
御ご 多た 分ぶん
Polite prefix 御 used; less common than ご多分 .
ご 他た 聞ぶん
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 他聞 is a non-standard spelling.
ご 多た 聞ぶん
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 多聞 is a non-standard spelling.
Etymology ご多分 is composed of the polite prefix ご (御 ) and 多分 (たぶん ), which originally meant 'many parts' or 'large portion'. The phrase ご多分に漏れず literally means 'without leaking from the majority', i.e., 'as is usual with most people'. The irregular kanji forms 他聞 and 多聞 are likely ateji or phonetic substitutions.
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