JLPT N5 · な-adjective

多分 (tabun)

多分 (たぶん, tabun) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “probably; likely”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たぶん
Romaji: tabun
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

probably; likely; perhaps; maybe · adverb
a lot of; much; many; considerable; large (amount) · noun taking の, な-adjective

Example sentences

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.

Tatoeba #178680

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 多分

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	多分だ	たぶんだ tabunda
Present (polite)	多分です	たぶんです tabundesu
Negative	多分じゃない	たぶんじゃない tabunjanai
Past	多分だった	たぶんだった tabundatta
Negative past	多分じゃなかった	たぶんじゃなかった tabunjanakatta
Te-form	多分で	たぶんで tabunde
Before a noun	多分な	たぶんな tabunna
Adverb (~ni)	多分に	たぶんに tabunni

Kanji in 多分

多

many, frequent, muchタ・おお.い・まさ.に · 6 strokes

分

part, minute of time, segmentブン・フン・わ.ける・わ.け · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 多分.

多いおおいmany多少たしょうa little滅多にめったにrarely多忙たぼうbeing very busy多様たようdiverse多数決たすうけつmajority decision幾多いくたmany分ふんminute (unit of time)自分じぶんmyself半分はんぶんhalf分かるわかるto understand気分きぶんfeeling随分ずいぶんvery十分じゅうぶんenough

Source: JMdict entry 1407980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.