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大半 (たいはん): most of, majority, mostly — Japanese vocabulary

大半 is read たいはん and means "most of, majority, mostly". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

大半

Reading
たいはん · taihan
Translation
most of, majority, mostly
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
たいはんがたいはんが

Example

用心深さは勇気の大半である。

ようじんふかさはゆうきのたいはんである。

Discretion is the better part of valor.

Kanji in this word

  • 大 — large, big
  • 半 — half

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