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best part of five yeras

Japanese translation: ５年近くの／ほぼ５年間にわたる

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English term or phrase:	best part of five yeras
Japanese translation:	５年近くの／ほぼ５年間にわたる
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21:01 Apr 10, 2009

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Media / Multimedia / TV show

English term or phrase: best part of five yeras

This is from a TV documentary series on nature. Does this mean "almost the entire five years?" I am edting an existing translation, and the translation takes this to mean the best footage from the five-years' filming.

Script:
The series took the best part of five years to make, and the film, in nearly 200 locations worldwide.

Yuki Okada KudoZ activity Questions: 95 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 785
Local time: 15:28

５年近くの／ほぼ５年間にわたる

Explanation:
５年近くの／ほぼ５年間にわたる　が自然な日本語だと思いますが。

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the better part (of something)

「（〜の）大半，大部分，半分以上」。文脈により，文字どおりの「（〜の）よりよい［よいほうの］部分」という意味にもなる。¶My older brother received the better part of the inheritance.（兄が遺産の大部分を相続した）¶There's little work left to do. I've finished the better part.（やるべき仕事はほとんど残っていない。大半を終わらせてしまった）¶Discretion is the better part of valor.（慎重さは勇気の大半を占める→君子危うきに近寄らず［※ことわざ］）

the best part (of something)

「（〜の）大半，大部分，半分以上」。文脈により，文字どおり「（〜の）最良の部分」という意味にもなる。¶We drank the best part of a gallon of wine.（ぼくたちはワイン１ガロンをあらかた飲んでしまった）¶I talked for the best part of an hour.（ぼくは１時間近くも話していた）

My hospitalization swallowed up a good part of my savings.
入院したせいで、貯金のかなりの部分が消えてしまったよ。

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cinefil
Japan
Local time: 04:28

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cinefilさんも、その他の方も、大変ありがとうございました。
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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

５年近くの／ほぼ５年間にわたる

cinefil

Yes, it DOES mean "almost the entire five years". 5年間のほとんど（を）

Yoohoo

五年間の大半

Taichi Watanabe

Summary of reference entries provided
「〜年間の大半」という意味だけではない	patent_pending

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

26 mins confidence:

五年間の大半

Explanation:
the best part of something = ～の大半　でよろしいかと思います。

Example sentence(s):

It took the best (better) part of the afternoon to put those shelves up (cambridge learners dictionary)

Reference: http://eow.alc.co.jp/best+part+of/UTF-8/?ref=sa

Taichi Watanabe
Germany
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of:

Japanese

22 mins confidence:

Yes, it DOES mean "almost the entire five years". 5年間のほとんど（を）

Explanation:
もし「5年間撮影したうちの一番いい映像」なら、The best part filmed during...となります。つまり、動詞が必要となります。5年のbest partなら5年のほとんど。

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3つの答えは、同じことを、言葉を変えて言っているだけなので、全体の文章に合う言い回しを選べばいいと思います。

Yoohoo
New Zealand
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of:

Japanese

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

５年近くの／ほぼ５年間にわたる

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

cinefilさんも、その他の方も、大変ありがとうございました。

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

patent_pending

39 mins

-> ありがとうございます。

agree

Roger Johnson: i was thinking simply "約5年間” but this is fine:-)

1 hr

-> Thanks a lot, Roger-san

agree

william taylor: I agree with Roger, 約5年間

4 hrs

-> Thanks a lot, william-san.

agree

lieder: お示しの最後の例文のように good を使うと「かなりな、結構な」といった強調になることがよくありますね。best はその最上級ですから気持ち的にもっと強く「こんなに」ということを言いたいんでしょう。-

3 days15 hrs

-> ありがとうございます。maybeとprobablyの確率は５０％未満と８０％以上というのをどこかで読みましたがこの三つの場合は数値的にはどうなんでしょうね。

Reference comments

2 hrs

Reference: 「〜年間の大半」という意味だけではない

Reference information:
「ほぼ〜年(間)」という意味で使われるケースの例:
　　"best part of * years AGO" の検索結果約 486 件

「〜年間の大半」という意味で使われるケースの例:
　　"best part of THE * years" の検索結果約 2,460 件

patent_pending
Japan
Native speaker of:

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Aug 2, 2009 - Changes made by cinefil:
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