大分

だいぶ

very, greatly

Mnemonic

A big part of the way there, said about progress rather than about size. The same die だい as 大体, and a bu ぶ more of it. Your piano has come on: だいぶ.

Worth knowing

Read おおいた the same characters are the prefecture. とても is very as a plain intensifier, where 大分 is considerably, about how far along a thing has got.

Built from

大

big

A person stood with both arms flung wide.

分

part, understand

八 divide + 刀 knife

Words sharing these kanji

大好き love 大きな big, large 大きい big, large 大丈夫 alright, OK 大変 terrible, serious, grave 大事 important, precious 大切 important, valuable 巨大 huge, gigantic 大人 adult 大量 large quantity, great volume 大体 mostly 最大 biggest, largest

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