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過半数

かはんすう

majority, more than half

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Examples

  1. 賛成が過半数を超えました。

    さんせいがかはんすうをこえました。

    Those in favour passed the halfway mark.

  2. 与党は議席の過半数を得た。

    よとうはぎせきのかはんすうをえた。

    The ruling party won a majority of the seats.

  3. 合格者の過半数は大学出身者であった。

    ごうかくしゃのかはんすうはだいがくしゅっしんしゃであった。

    The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.

Common patterns

過半数を占める
to hold a majority
過半数を得る
to win a majority
過半数の賛成
the approval of more than half

Memory tip

過 means "exceeding", so 過半数 is strictly more than half — exactly fifty per cent does not count. It belongs to voting and parliamentary language; for a loose "most of", say ほとんど or 大部分.

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