大体 (だいたい): approximately; in most cases; in general; to begin with (same as もともと) — Japanese vocabulary
大体 is read だいたい and means "approximately; in most cases; in general; to begin with (same as もともと)". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
大体
- Reading
- だいたい · daitai
- Translation
- approximately; in most cases; in general; to begin with (same as もともと)
- Level
- JLPT N4
- Pitch accent
- だいたいが
Example
仕事は大体終わりました。
しごとはだいたいおわりました。
The work is mostly done.
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