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Learn Hardcore Japanese: daitai - mostly

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 26
/daitai

daitai

Word

だいたいdaitai

Meaning

mostly

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of daitai

私わたし　の　昼間ひるま　の　予定よてい　は　だいたい　家事かじ　と　勉強べんきょう　だ。watashi no hiruma no yotei wa daitai kaji to benkyou da.

My daytime schedule is mostly housework and studying.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

家事かじ　と　仕事しごと　を　するの　は　面倒めんどう　だ　が、　工夫くふうすれば　だいたい　できる。kaji to shigoto o suruno wa mendou da ga, kufuusureba daitai dekiru.

Doing both housework and work is troublesome, but with some ingenuity it’s mostly doable.

私わたし　は　日本語にほんご　の　ドラマ　を　字幕じまく　なし　で　見みて　も、　だいたい　聞きき取とれる　よう　に　なりました。watashi wa nihongo no dorama o jimaku nashi de mite mo, daitai kikitoreru you ni narimashita.

Even when I watch Japanese dramas without subtitles, I’ve come to be able to understand most of what they say.

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