I Love Kanji大抵 (taitei)
大抵 (たいてい, taitei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “mostly; ordinarily”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たいてい
- Romaji
- taitei
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally · な-adjective, adverb, noun · usually written in kana
- probably · な-adjective, adverb, noun
- most; almost all · noun taking の, noun
- ordinary · noun taking の, noun · before a neg. form
- proper; appropriate; moderate · な-adjective · usu. as 〜にする
Example sentences
Ｘ記号は数学ではたいてい未知数を表す。
The symbol "x" usually stands for an unknown quantity in mathematics.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 大抵
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 大抵だ | たいていだ taiteida |
| Present (polite) | 大抵です | たいていです taiteidesu |
| Negative | 大抵じゃない | たいていじゃない taiteijanai |
| Past | 大抵だった | たいていだった taiteidatta |
| Negative past | 大抵じゃなかった | たいていじゃなかった taiteijanakatta |
| Te-form | 大抵で | たいていで taiteide |
| Before a noun | 大抵な | たいていな taiteina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 大抵に | たいていに taiteini |
Kanji in 大抵
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大抵.
大勢おおぜいcrowd of people大人おとなadult大学だいがくuniversity大切たいせつimportant大変たいへんvery大きいおおきいbig大きなおおきなbig大使館たいしかんembassy大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe大好きだいすきliking very much大事だいじimportant大体だいたいgenerally大分だいぶconsiderably大学生だいがくせいuniversity student
Source: JMdict entry 1414580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.