大多数|だいたすうdaitasuu

1. no-adjectivegreat majority
   なぜその政治家せいじかは大多数だいたすうの意見いけんを抹殺まっさつしようとするのか。↗

   Why is the politician trying to kill off the opinions of the majority?

• SynonymほとんどNeutralWorks as a noun (「ほとんどの人」) and as an adverb meaning 'almost'; 「大多数」 is noun-only and leans written.
• Synonym大半たいはんNeutralMeans more than half, as in 「大半の時間」; 「大多数」 expresses a higher proportion.
• Synonym大部分だいぶぶんNeutralThe greater part of a whole; covers amounts as well as counts, e.g. 「水の大部分」「作業の大部分」. 「大多数」 applies only to counts of people or things — you cannot say 「水の大多数」.
• Synonym大方おおかたWrittenWritten register; means the greater part or people in general. 「大多数」 is more explicit.
• SynonymたいていNeutralAdverb and noun meaning mostly or usually; 「大多数」 is a noun for the people or things that make up the vast majority.
• Synonym絶対多数ぜったいたすうFormalFormal term for an absolute majority, more than half of the total; 「大多数」 simply stresses a large number.
• Synonym大概たいがいNeutralAdverb and noun meaning roughly, generally, or the gist of something; 「大多数」 more clearly points to a large number.
• Synonym多数たすうNeutralA large number, as in 「多数決」; 「大多数」 stresses that nearly all are included.
• Related過半かはんWrittenWritten word for more than half, as in 「過半を占める」; 「大多数」 expresses a higher degree.
• Related過半数かはんすうNeutralMore than half, often used for votes, as in 「過半数の賛成」; 「大多数」 expresses a higher degree.
• RelatedマジョリティーCasualColloquial loanword for a majority group, as in 「サイレントマジョリティー」; 「大多数」 focuses on quantity.
• Related多数派たすうはNeutralThe faction in the majority, as in 「多数派工作」; 「大多数」 is about the quantity itself.
• Related絶対過半数ぜったいかはんすうFormalFormal term for votes or seats exceeding half in a ballot, with a clear threshold; 「大多数」 only says the greater part.
• Antonym少数しょうすうNeutralA small number or minority, as in 「少数意見」; the direct opposite of 「大多数」.
• Antonym僅少きんしょうWrittenWritten word for a very small quantity or number; the opposite of 「大多数」.

Use 「大多数」 for the people or things that make up nearly all of a group, as in 「国民の大多数」; it leans toward written use. For far more than half pick 「大半」, for crossing the half mark (votes, etc.) 「過半数」, for almost all 「殆ど」; the opposite is 「少数」.

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1. あるまとまりのうちの殆ほとんど全部ぜんぶ。