JLPT N5 vocabulary
多分: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
たぶん0Heiban · flat 名;形動also 1 adverb
na-adjective
Meaning
- probably, likely, perhaps, maybe
- (adjective, no-adjective, na-adjective) a lot of, much, many, considerable, large in amount, generous
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 多分 | 多分 |
| Plain past過去形 | 多分 | 多分 |
| Polite presentです形 | 多分 | 多分 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 多分 | 多分 |
| Te-formて形 | 多分 | 多分 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 多分 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 多分 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 多分 | 多分 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 多分 | 多分 |
Example sentences
彼は多分失敗するだろう。
He will probably fail.
多分彼らは車で来るでしょう。
They will probably come by car.