過半(かはん)

かはん
noun
majority; more than half
formalquantitypolitics
1. majority; more than half; the greater part
Refers to a quantity exceeding fifty percent. Common in political, statistical, and business contexts.
過半(かはん)の議席(ぎせき)を獲得(かくとく)した。
They won a majority of the seats.
参加者(さんかしゃ)の過半(かはん)が賛成(さんせい)した。
More than half of the participants agreed.
売上(うりあげ)の過半(かはん)を海外(かいがい)市場(しじょう)が占(し)めている。
The overseas market accounts for the majority of sales.

A formal, somewhat literary word for "more than half." Most commonly encountered in the compound 過半数(かはんすう) (majority number), which is the standard word for "majority" in voting and parliamentary contexts.

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Compare: 大半(たいはん) (the greater part, most)
Compare: 多数(たすう) (a large number, the majority)
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