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大抵
大てい
Readings

taitei
English
NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Adverb (fukushi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
Usually written using kana alone
mostly, ordinarily, usually, generally

NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
Adverb (fukushi)
Noun (futsuumeishi)
probably

May take the particle 'no'
Noun (futsuumeishi)
most, almost all

May take the particle 'no'
Noun (futsuumeishi)
before a neg. form
ordinary

NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
usu. as 〜にする
proper, appropriate, moderate

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Kanjis
ON: ダイ, タイ KUN: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに
large, big

Stroke: 3 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 4-3-4 FC: 4003.3


ON: テイ
resist, reach, touch

Stroke: 8 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-3-5 FC: 5204.4


Phrases
夜はたいていの人が寝る時である。
Parts: (よる) 大抵 (たいていの) (ひと) 寝る (ねる) (とき) である
Night is when most people go to bed.
Night is when most people sleep.

X記号は数学ではたいてい未知数を表す。
Parts: 記号 (きごう) 数学 (すうがく) 大抵 (たいてい) 未知数 (みちすう) 表す (あらわす)
The symbol "X" usually stands for an unknown quantity in mathematics.