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大多数 (だいたすう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だい多た数すう

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Common word›JLPTN2›

Meanings

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

great majority; overwhelming majority

Refers to the vast majority of a group, often used in formal or statistical contexts. Can be used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

大だい多た数すうの人ひとがその提てい案あんに賛さん成せいした。
The great majority of people agreed with the proposal.

この問もん題だいについては、大だい多た数すうの意い見けんが一いっ致ちしている。

On this issue, the opinion of the vast majority is in agreement.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の大だい多た数すうが〈動どう詞し〉the great majority of 〈people〉 do 〈verb〉
大だい多た数すうの学がく生せいがその案あんに賛さん成せいした。
The great majority of the students agreed with the proposal.
〈物もの〉の大だい多た数すうを占しめるto make up the great majority of 〈something〉
女じょ性せいがこの職しょく場ばの大だい多た数すうを占しめている。
Women make up the great majority of this workplace.
大だい多た数すうの意い見けんthe opinion held by the great majority
大だい多た数すうの意い見けんは変かわらなかった。
The majority opinion did not change.

Kanji

大large, big
多many, frequent, much
数number, strength, fate

Related words

大たい半はんN3
大半 means 'majority' or 'most' and can cover anything over half, while 大多数 stresses an overwhelming, near-total majority.
過か半はん数すうN2
過半数 refers specifically to a simple majority (just over half), often in voting, whereas 大多数 implies a much larger, overwhelming share.
多た数すうN3
多数 simply means 'a large number' or 'many', while 大多数 specifically means the great majority of a whole group.

Opposites

少しょう数すうN3
少数 means 'a small number/minority', the direct opposite of 大多数's 'great majority'.
一ひと握にぎりN1
大多数 means 'the great majority', the direct opposite of 一握り's sense of a tiny minority or small amount.

Built from

大だい+多た数すう

Etymology

Compound of 大 (dai, 'great') + 多数 (tasū, 'large number'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used in modern Japanese to express a large majority.