大体
だいたい
hepburn daitai
generally, mostly, roughly
Part of speech · adverb / noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 宿題は大体終わりました。I have mostly finished my homework.
- この本の内容は大体分かりました。I understood roughly what this book is about.
Collocations
大体終わる大体分かる大体同じ大体の話大体一時間
Mnemonic
大体 daitai — 大 (big) + 体 (body). The big body or outline of something gives "mostly, roughly." As an adverb: 大体分かる (to understand roughly); as a noun: 大体の話 (the gist). It joins 程度 and the adverb ずいぶん (K-67) as expressions of degree and approximation.
Quick check
What does 大体終わりました mean?