LingakuFrequency rank: – (for form だいぶ: 2,840. – 2,841.)
- lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminousantonym: 小部
- most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much
nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous
- most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much
This meaning is used to describe something that has considerable length or volume, often in reference to books or documents that are extensive in content.
This meaning indicates a majority or a significant amount, often used in contexts where something is predominant or considerable compared to others.
Generated collocations (experimental)
たいぶ大部なほん本a lengthy bookたいぶ大部なしりょう資料voluminous materialsたいぶ大部のぶぶん部分most partたいぶ大部のひとびと人々most peopleたいぶ大部にわたってto a great extentたいぶ大部のしごと仕事a good deal of workたいぶ大部にすすんでいる進んでいるto be fairly advancedたいぶ大部かわった変わったto have changed a good dealたいぶ大部をしめる占めるto take up a large partたいぶ大部りかい理解するto understand most of it
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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They lost their way; otherwise, they would have arrived long ago.
He was way behind on his rent. As a result, he was evicted from his apartment.
It will be a long time before he has fully recovered.
Medical doctors and dentists have very different tools of the trades.