Word

大方

おおかた
CommonJLPT N1

Meanings

  1. Noun · No-adjective

    large part; greater part; majority

  2. Noun · No-adjective

    people in general; general public; public at large

  3. Adverb

    mostly; for the most part; almost; nearly

  4. Adverb

    probably; maybe; perhaps

In Spanish

  1. (la gran mayoría de) la gente

Kanji in this word

Example sentences

  • あの仕事は大方終わってますよ。

    That job is pretty much finished.

    Aquel trabajo está casi terminado.

    Tatoeba #10465188(opens in a new tab)
  • 完全に間違っているよりは、大方合っている方がマシだ。

    It's better to be approximately right than completely wrong.

    Es mejor estar aproximadamente en lo cierto que estar completamente equivocado.

    Tatoeba #1179656(opens in a new tab)
  • 彼の言っていることの大方に私は同感である。

    I am in agreement with most of what he says.

    Tatoeba #117551(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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