大体

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See also: 大體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 大體 (“general principle; main principle; main thing; remains; corpse; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 大體).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
たい
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
大體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(だい)(たい) (daitai

  1. general, rough (idea)
    大体(だいたい)計画(けいかく)()てる
    daitai no keikaku o tateru
    make a general plan

Adverb

(だい)(たい) (daitai

  1. almost
  2. approximately
  3. absolutely

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN