多数|たすうtasuu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. no-adjectivelarge number (of); many
   会議かいぎは出席者しゅっせきしゃ多数たすうだった。↗

   The meeting was attended by many.
2. nounmajority
   多数たすうが彼かれに賛成さんせいだった。↗

   The majority was for him.

• Synonym多くおおくNeutralMeans 'many' or 'most'; 「多数」 is more at home in written/formal prose and can also refer to the majority side.
• Synonym大多数だいたすうNeutralThe great majority — stronger than 「多数」, as in 「大多数の賛成」.
• Synonym大方おおかたNeutralCovers 'the greater part' and 'people in general'; 「多数」 focuses on large numbers.
• Synonym大概たいがいNeutralMeans 'mostly, generally' and also serves as an adverb; 「多数」 focuses on large numbers.
• SynonymあまたWrittenA written/formal, elegant word for 'many, numerous'; 「多数」 is more common and can also mean the majority side.
• Synonym衆多しゅうたWrittenA written/formal word for 'a great number, a multitude'; 「多数」 is more common.
• RelatedほとんどNeutralMeans 'almost, nearly' and also pairs with negatives; 「多数」 focuses on large numbers.
• Related大半たいはんNeutralThe larger half — clearly more than half, as in 「大半が賛成」; 「多数」 just says 'many' or the majority side, not necessarily over half.
• Related過半数かはんすうNeutralMore than half, often in voting contexts; 「多数」 does not necessarily exceed half.
• Related大部分だいぶぶんNeutralMost or the greater part, stressing the proportion within a whole; 「多数」 focuses on large numbers.
• RelatedたいていNeutralMeans 'mostly, usually' and also serves as an adverb; 「多数」 focuses on large numbers.
• Related過半かはんWrittenA written/formal word for 'more than half'; 「多数」 can simply mean 'many', and even as the majority side it need not exceed half.
• Related数十すうじゅうNeutralMeans 'dozens, tens' — a fairly concrete quantity; 「多数」 speaks only in vague terms of 'many'.
• Related多量たりょうWrittenA written/formal word for a large quantity or amount; 「多数」 stresses a large count of items.
• Related百千ひゃくせんWrittenA written/formal word for 'hundreds and thousands, all sorts of things'; 「多数」 focuses on large numbers.
• Antonym少数しょうすうNeutralAntonym: the opposite of 「多数」 in number, meaning 'a small number' or 'the minority'.

Use 「多数」 for a large number or for the majority side, as in 「多数の本」「多数決」「多数派」. For the overwhelming majority say 「大多数」; for more than half, 「過半数」; for most of a whole, 「大部分」 or 「大半」. The antonym is 「少数」.

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