大たい半はん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

majority; most; more than half

Refers to the greater part of a countable or measurable whole. Often used with の to modify a noun.

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The majority of the participants were women.

仕し事ごとの大たい半はんはもう終おわった。

Most of the work is already done.

2

Adverbial use indicating that something is true for the most part. Can be used without a particle.

〈物もの〉の大たい半はんを占しめるto make up/account for the majority of something
この会かい社しゃの売うり上あげの大たい半はんを占しめているのは海かい外がい事じ業ぎょうだ。
Overseas operations make up the majority of this company's sales.
〈時とき〉の大たい半はんを〈動どう詞し〉to spend most of a period of time doing something
彼かれは人じん生せいの大たい半はんを海かい外がいで過すごした。
He spent most of his life abroad.
大たい半はんが〈事こと〉the majority (of people/things) do/are something
参さん加か者しゃの大たい半はんが初しょ心しん者しゃだった。
The majority of the participants were beginners.
大たい半はんは〜だfor the most part, it is ~ (adverbial use)
その報ほう告こく書しょの内ない容ようは大たい半はんが正せい確かくだった。
The content of that report was, for the most part, accurate.

ほとんどN4sense 1
ほとんど is a casual, everyday word for 'almost/nearly all', while 大半 is a slightly more formal noun emphasizing 'the greater part'.
大だい部ぶ分ぶんN3sense 1
大部分 tends to describe concrete, divisible wholes like a physical object or population, while 大半 can be used more broadly, including abstract quantities.
過か半はん数すうN2sense 1
過半数 specifically means 'more than half' in counted votes or seats, while 大半 is a looser, more general term for 'most' of something.
多た数すうN3
大半 stresses 'most of' a specific group, while 多数 is a more neutral, numerical term for 'many' or 'majority'.
大だい多た数すうN2
大半 means 'majority' or 'most' and can cover anything over half, while 大多数 stresses an overwhelming, near-total majority.

少しょう数すうN3sense 1
少数 means 'a small number/minority', the direct opposite of 大半's 'majority, most'.

半はん分ぶんN5sense 1
半分 means exactly 'half', whereas 大半 means 'the majority', i.e. clearly more than half.
だいぶN4sense 2
大分 (だいぶ) is an adverb meaning 'quite a lot/considerably' and shares the kanji 大 with 大半, but it does not mean 'majority' the way 大半 does.

Compound of 大 (big, great) and 半 (half). The combination naturally yields the meaning 'the greater half' or 'majority'.