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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

たぶん

N5
tabun
  1. probably
adverb

Also written 多分

Chinese meanings

大概;也许

Examples

  • 君きみにはたぶんみんなわかっていることでしょう。
    I expect you know all about it.
    你大概全都知道吧。
  • たぶんガールフレンドがたくさんいるのよ。
    Maybe he has lots of girlfriends.
    他大概有很多女朋友。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d9eba03b7b'); // たぶん
{
  "id": "d9eba03b7b",
  "word": "たぶん",
  "reading": "たぶん",
  "romaji": "tabun",
  "meanings": [
    "probably"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1407980,
  "other_forms": [
    "多分"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "君にはたぶんみんなわかっていることでしょう。",
      "furigana": "{君|きみ}にはたぶんみんなわかっていることでしょう。",
      "en": "I expect you know all about it.",
      "tatoeba_id": 178680
    },
    {
      "ja": "たぶんガールフレンドがたくさんいるのよ。",
      "en": "Maybe he has lots of girlfriends.",
      "tatoeba_id": 203356
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fb0a1317bce880e79572cfeb385505fa311333d274b4343bebc2de51d0370ab0",
    "meanings": [
      "大概;也许"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "君にはたぶんみんなわかっていることでしょう。",
        "zh": "你大概全都知道吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "たぶんガールフレンドがたくさんいるのよ。",
        "zh": "他大概有很多女朋友。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/d9eba03b7b",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b61314d10243bd34d3005f2d0793cc76b34889decadd67de8b8507037bdc5da4"
  }
}