多分

たぶん

Meanings

1. Adverb probably; likely; perhaps; maybe
2. の-adjective, な-adjective a lot of; much; many; considerable; large (amount); generous

Kanji

• 多 many. Read as タ.
• 分 part. Read as ブン.

Example sentences

• たぶん彼にしてみれば同じことよ。
  Maybe it will be exactly the same for him.
• 君は多分この本を読んでしまったでしょう。
  You may have read this book already.
• 多分君が正しいのだろう。
  You may be right.
• 君にはたぶんみんなわかっていることでしょう。
  I expect you know all about it.
• 教師は多分生徒たちに腹を立てるだろう。
  The teacher is likely to get angry with the students.

Words containing 多分

• ご多分 (ごたぶん) the majority (of people)
• ご多分に漏れず (ごたぶんにもれず) like many others
• 多分に (たぶんに) in great amount

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