大半
N3たいはん taihan
- majority
- mostly
- generally
nounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
大半;大多数
Examples
- ここの学生は大半が真面目である。The students are for the most part diligent.这里的大多数学生都很认真。
- 彼は人生の大半を外国で暮らした。He lived abroad for much of his life.他大半生都在国外度过。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('52049336a2'); // 大半
{
"id": "52049336a2",
"word": "大半",
"reading": "たいはん",
"romaji": "taihan",
"meanings": [
"majority",
"mostly",
"generally"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1414790,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ここの学生は大半が真面目である。",
"furigana": "ここの{学生|がくせい}は{大半|たいはん}が{真面目|まじめ}である。",
"en": "The students are for the most part diligent.",
"tatoeba_id": 224369
},
{
"ja": "彼は人生の大半を外国で暮らした。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{人生|じんせい}の{大半|たいはん}を{外国|がいこく}で{暮|く}らした。",
"en": "He lived abroad for much of his life.",
"tatoeba_id": 103534
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "9afbdc8397827a68a574958984b85014632c783076a114c34e4c136c0d5c12dc",
"meanings": [
"大半",
"大多数"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ここの学生は大半が真面目である。",
"zh": "这里的大多数学生都很认真。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は人生の大半を外国で暮らした。",
"zh": "他大半生都在国外度过。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/52049336a2",
"JMdict ent_seq 1414790; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "05196c0af9e020074ec921b53acaefb40ebb625cb786697c50556083a33ee194",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}