Word Meaning 大部分

だいぶぶん daibubun

大部分 is read as だいぶぶん (daibubun) and means most part.

Meaning

English

  1. most part
  2. greater part
  3. majority

Reading

Kana

だいぶぶん

Romaji

daibubun

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 一部分,小部分 Rank 2169 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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大分

だいぶ

considerably

大義名分

たいぎめいぶん

duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

大部

たいぶ

lengthy (of a book, etc.)

大部屋

おおべや

large room

部分

ぶぶん

portion

一部分

いちぶぶん

one part

大衆部

だいしゅぶ

Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)

大部隊

だいぶたい

battalion

大分県

おおいたけん

Ōita Prefecture (Kyūshū)

大分県立看護科学大学

おおいたけんりつかんごかがくだいがく

Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences

部隊区分

ぶたいくぶん

task organization

宣言部分

せんげんぶぶん

declaratives

Example Sentences

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The participants were for the most part women.

The shops are for the most part closed at ten o'clock.

They were, for the most part, college students.

Most Japanese opposed a tax increase.

She spends a major part of her income on food.

She spends most of her money on her dresses.

A large portion of the picture got wet.

Bricks consist mostly of clay.

Water makes up most of the earth's surface.

I spent the major part of my vacation at my uncle's.