随分

See also: 隨分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
随	分
ずい Grade: S	ぶん Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
隨分 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ずいぶん [zúꜜìbùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡zɨibɯ̟̃ɴ]

Adverb

随(ずい)分(ぶん) • (zuibun)

extremely, considerably, very
- 1930, Narashige Koide, Medetaki Fūkei‎^[1]:
  
  大(おお)阪(さか)地(ち)方(ほう)は言(こと)葉(ば)そのものも随(ずい)分(ぶん)違(ちが)ってはいるが、一(いち)番(ばん)違(ちが)っているのは言(こと)葉(ば)の抑(よく)揚(よう)である。
  Ōsaka chihō wa kotoba sono mono mo zuibun chigatte wa iru ga, ichiban chigatte iru no wa kotoba no yokuyō de aru.
  The language itself in Osaka area is extremely different (from that in Tokyo), but the biggest difference is the accent of the words.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN