多分

たぶん

probably, perhaps

Mnemonic

Plenty of ways it could go, so you cut off the biggest piece and put your money on that one. A tub たぶ of a bun ぶん. Not certain, just how you would bet: たぶん.

Built from

多

many, much

夕 evening + 夕 evening

分

part, understand

八 divide + 刀 knife

Words sharing these kanji

多く many, much 多い a lot 多少 a little, somewhat 分かる to understand 自分 self, oneself 気分 mood, feeling 十分 plenty 部分 part, section 分 amount, share 半分 half 随分 extremely, considerably 大分 very, greatly

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